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 WebBruce Gil, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
This will help the video giant generate $3.12 billion in revenue from YouTube subscriptions this year (versus $2.87 billion in 2023), predicts EMarketer.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
Continued investment in streaming contributed to a first-quarter loss for Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision, which is seeing the bulk of its growth come from its Mexican operations while U.S. revenue stays flat with year-earlier results.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
Explore the many neighborhoods like the new Carlsberg neighborhood on the former brewing grounds of the beer giant with an eclectic mix of new and old architecture or the vibrant and multicultural neighborhood of Nørrebro.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
Corporations struggle on climate goals amid backlash over 'woke capitalism,' experts say
Corporate America took notice four years ago when Larry Fink, CEO of investment giant BlackRock, declared climate change a top concern.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Nestle’s figures, however, indicate the Swiss giant may be an outlier from this trend.
—Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 25 Apr. 2024
Along with its rebrand, the furniture giant already has a few other flagship stores for its brands.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2024
Live Nation and Ticketmaster may finally face a federal antitrust lawsuit after years of criticism from fans and politicians over how the entertainment giant may have abused its power as the dominant force in the live music industry.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2024
Men in hard hats rushed to hang giant LED screens twice their size.
—Kat Bein, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2024
There is a real possibility that that giant spider is coming to take him back again.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
In the corner stood a giant Hulk-sized character suit, which has previously been tested in the parks, but has not yet become part of the regular rotation.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
The two-week corruption trial not only showcased Polit, but the giant Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht, which bribed the former Ecuadorian official over several years to make $100 million in government fines on a hydroelectric power plant project disappear.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
Between the two of them, the probes have studied all four giant planets in the outer solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—along with 48 of their moons and the planets’ magnetic fields.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Here's more on how Walnut Hills is looking to solve that giant problem.
—The Enquirer, 17 Apr. 2024
Memorable dungeons to explore included Metro stations and Smithsonian museums, where players encounter zombies, mutants and giant insects.
—Alan Zilberman, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
Noun
But the pharmaceutical giant lost its exclusive rights to the drug in 2023, making room for cheaper biosimilars to enter the market.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
This will help the video giant generate $3.12 billion in revenue from YouTube subscriptions this year (versus $2.87 billion in 2023), predicts EMarketer.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
Continued investment in streaming contributed to a first-quarter loss for Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision, which is seeing the bulk of its growth come from its Mexican operations while U.S. revenue stays flat with year-earlier results.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
Explore the many neighborhoods like the new Carlsberg neighborhood on the former brewing grounds of the beer giant with an eclectic mix of new and old architecture or the vibrant and multicultural neighborhood of Nørrebro.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
Corporations struggle on climate goals amid backlash over 'woke capitalism,' experts say
Corporate America took notice four years ago when Larry Fink, CEO of investment giant BlackRock, declared climate change a top concern.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Nestle’s figures, however, indicate the Swiss giant may be an outlier from this trend.
—Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 25 Apr. 2024
Along with its rebrand, the furniture giant already has a few other flagship stores for its brands.
—Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2024
Live Nation and Ticketmaster may finally face a federal antitrust lawsuit after years of criticism from fans and politicians over how the entertainment giant may have abused its power as the dominant force in the live music industry.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Toward the end of the presentation, the words Be Humble appeared on the giant screen behind him.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2024
Men in hard hats rushed to hang giant LED screens twice their size.
—Kat Bein, SPIN, 26 Apr. 2024
There is a real possibility that that giant spider is coming to take him back again.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
In the corner stood a giant Hulk-sized character suit, which has previously been tested in the parks, but has not yet become part of the regular rotation.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
The two-week corruption trial not only showcased Polit, but the giant Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht, which bribed the former Ecuadorian official over several years to make $100 million in government fines on a hydroelectric power plant project disappear.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
Between the two of them, the probes have studied all four giant planets in the outer solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—along with 48 of their moons and the planets’ magnetic fields.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Here's more on how Walnut Hills is looking to solve that giant problem.
—The Enquirer, 17 Apr. 2024
Memorable dungeons to explore included Metro stations and Smithsonian museums, where players encounter zombies, mutants and giant insects.
—Alan Zilberman, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
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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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