-zilla

See also: Zilla

English

Etymology

Rebracketing of Godzilla.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /zɪlə/
• Hyphenation: -zil‧la

Suffix

-zilla

1. (humorous, informal, augmentative) Forms nouns and names suggesting a monster or a thing of extremely large size or great destructiveness, or other characteristics of the fictional Godzilla.

Synonyms

• (augmentative): super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, grand

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -zilla