giant

¹gi·ant

noun \ˈjī-ənt\

: a legendary creature usually thought of as being an extremely large and powerful person

: a person or thing that is very large, powerful, or successful

Full Definition of GIANT

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

— gi·ant·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

Examples of GIANT

1. the land of the giants
2. <the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders>

Origin of GIANT

Middle English giaunt, from Anglo-French geant, from Latin gigant-, gigas, from Greek

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to GIANT

Synonyms

behemoth, blockbuster, colossus, dinosaur, dreadnought, elephant, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, mastodon, monster, titan, whale, whopper

Antonyms

diminutive, dwarf, half-pint, midget, mite, peewee, pygmy (also pigmy), runt, shrimp

Related Words

amazon, giantess; bulk, hulk; heavyweight; juggernaut, steamroller

Near Antonyms

lightweight, weakling, wimp, wisp; nonentity, twerp, whippersnapper

Rhymes with GIANT

Bryant, client, pliant, riant

²giant

adjective

: very large : much larger or more powerful than normal

Full Definition of GIANT

:  having extremely large size, proportion, or power

Examples of GIANT

1. a giant-size box of detergent
2. <the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old>

First Known Use of GIANT

15th century

Related to GIANT

Synonyms

astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, huge, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or 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

Antonyms

bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee

Related Words

big, bulky, considerable, extensive, good, goodly, great, gross, handsome, hefty, hulking, largish, major, outsize (also outsized), overgrown, oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous; august, formidable, grandiose, imposing, lofty, majestic; cavernous, monolithic, overwhelming, staggering, stupendous, towering; boundless, immeasurable, infinite

Near Antonyms

little, mini, petite, pint-size (or pint-sized), puny, small, smallish, undersized (also undersize); dinky, dwarfish, half-pint