plural giants
1
: a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength
2
a
: a living being of great size
b
: a person of extraordinary powers
3
: something unusually large or powerful
4
astronomy
: a star of high luminosity and relatively great mass and size
a red giant
As it exhausts its hydrogen fuel, changes in its interior trigger a transformation from a blue giant to a yellow supergiant in only a few hundred thousand years.—
James B. Kaler
compare dwarf sense 4a, supergiant
James B. Kaler
: having extremely large size, proportion, or power
Synonyms
Noun
- behemoth
- blockbuster
- colossus
- dinosaur
- dreadnought
- elephant
- Goliath
- jumbo
- leviathan
- mammoth
- mastodon
- monster
- titan
- whale
- whopper
Adjective
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- 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 giant in a Sentence
Noun
the land of the giants
the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders
Adjective
a giant-size box of detergent
the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old
Recent Examples on the WebStephen Deusner, SPIN, 10 July 2024
Former senior executive Tom Peddie, who retired from the shoe giant in 2020, will take on the role of vice president of marketplace partners after Nike’s relationships with shoe sellers have faltered.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 July 2024
Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Yes, but: The number of startups receiving such funding, however, was significantly lower — reflecting how a small number of giant AI deals are skewing the data.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 11 July 2024
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Noun
Person was an inquisitive student of the instrument, mastering the punk and metal riffs his friends enjoyed, then learning from the electric blues giants.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 10 July 2024
Former senior executive Tom Peddie, who retired from the shoe giant in 2020, will take on the role of vice president of marketplace partners after Nike’s relationships with shoe sellers have faltered.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 July 2024
Adjective
The outside looks like a giant set of bleachers; the inside looks like a Great Wolf Lodge.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Yes, but: The number of startups receiving such funding, however, was significantly lower — reflecting how a small number of giant AI deals are skewing the data.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 11 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for giant
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“Giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
giant
1 of 2 noun
gi·ant
ˈjī-ənt 
1
: a very large and strong being of legend
2
: a person or thing that is very large or powerful
giant
2 of 2 adjective
: much larger or more powerful than ordinary
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