variants
or less commonly cosmical
1
a
: of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
cosmic radiation
b
: of, relating to, or concerned with abstract spiritual or metaphysical (see metaphysical sense 2) ideas
cosmic wisdom
2
: characterized by greatness especially in extent, intensity, or comprehensiveness
a cosmic thinker
a book of cosmic significance
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- planetary
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
Examples of cosmic in a Sentence
The discovery caused a cosmic shift in people's views of the world.
predicted that the war would forever be regarded as a cosmic error
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And my process essentially emerges from trying to figure out strategies to deal with this really complex relationship between the reduction of photography and the cosmic beauty of the human experience.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
That creates a barrier between the part of space dominated by the solar wind and the rest of the universe, leaving our cosmic neighborhood in this sort of solar wind chamber.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2025
In stretching the idea of daily routine into infinity, these images become a cosmic horror that represents a fear of mundanity that never changes.
—Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
The record opens like an invitation to join her: a beating heart of bass underlies synths that bubble up like champagne and unfurl into a burst of cosmic energy.
—Puja Patel, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
That creates a barrier between the part of space dominated by the solar wind and the rest of the universe, leaving our cosmic neighborhood in this sort of solar wind chamber.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2025
In stretching the idea of daily routine into infinity, these images become a cosmic horror that represents a fear of mundanity that never changes.
—Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
The record opens like an invitation to join her: a beating heart of bass underlies synths that bubble up like champagne and unfurl into a burst of cosmic energy.
—Puja Patel, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Cosmic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmic. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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