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 WebMeg James, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
The retail giant has denied the claims after social media posts suggested otherwise, sparking excitement among shoppers hoping for a return to the store’s pre-COVID hours.
—Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
The light cast two giant shadows of Batman on the wall, and the man jumped up and ran out.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
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Noun
Paramount’s special board committee has endorsed a deal that would give investors the option of cashing out or holding on to their shares in a bet on Ellison’s ability to rebuild the storied media giant, according to people close to the negotiations.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
The retail giant has denied the claims after social media posts suggested otherwise, sparking excitement among shoppers hoping for a return to the store’s pre-COVID hours.
—Tanasia Kenney, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
Adjective
The East Coast may soon be home to giant venomous flying spiders.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
The light cast two giant shadows of Batman on the wall, and the man jumped up and ran out.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
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“Giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant. Accessed 8 Jun. 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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