giant
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Definition of giant
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1 : a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength
2a : a living being of great size
b : a person of extraordinary powers
3 : something unusually large or powerful
giant
adjectiveDefinition of giant (Entry 2 of 2)
: having extremely large size, proportion, or power
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Synonyms & Antonyms for giant
Synonyms: Noun
behemoth, blockbuster, colossus, dinosaur, dreadnought, elephant, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, mastodon, monster, titan, whale, whopper
Synonyms: Adjective
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, 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: Noun
diminutive, dwarf, half-pint, midget, mite, peewee, pygmy (also pigmy), runt, shrimp
Antonyms: Adjective
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
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Examples of giant in a Sentence
Noun
the land of the giants the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wondersAdjective
a giant-size box of detergent the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old
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China has created its own champions by barring U.S. giants from its market. — Valentina Pop, WSJ, "Silicon Valley’s Nemesis Explains Her Philosophy," 9 Nov. 2018 The filing is, in essence, Faraday Future’s way of pushing back against Evergrande’s claims to stockholders (and the public) that the real estate giant won a recent arbitration case between the two sides in Hong Kong. — Sean O'kane, The Verge, "Faraday Future says its main investor is ‘deliberately starving’ it into bankruptcy," 9 Nov. 2018 That was the logic behind listings giant Zillow adding landlord tools to its existing products over the summer. — Jeff Andrews, Curbed, "Online property management tools are moving the landlord-tenant relationship to the internet," 7 Nov. 2018 The coffee giant also recently committed to going strawless, vowing to quit all single-use plastic straws globally by 2020 (though that plan isn't without potential flaws). — Rebecca Dancer, Teen Vogue, "Starbucks Gives Away Reusable Red Holiday Cups on November 2," 2 Nov. 2018 Instead, the company is seemingly embracing a more moderate tone in line with its current form: an industry giant with locations around the world. — Gaby Del Valle, Vox, "WeWork is tracking how much its members drink during the workday," 31 Oct. 2018 The nonprofit Tesseract Research Center, which is paying fees for the plaintiffs’ lawyers and other costs, is run by Democratic donor Morris Pearl, a former managing director at investment giant BlackRock. — Bernard Condon, The Seattle Times, "Lawsuit: Trump misled investors in money-losing company," 29 Oct. 2018 Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, with John Carpenter—the genre film giant—directing. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "The Best '80s Horror Movies That Are Still Terrifying Today," 23 Oct. 2018 Mykonos, Greece Said to have been where Hercules killed the giants, Mykonos is steeped in mythological history. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Best Islands in the World: 2018 Readers' Choice Awards," 9 Oct. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Vice in the past sold a number of multimillion-dollar deals for sponsored content and traditional ads to marketers like consumer-goods giant Unilever PLC, brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev SA and insurer Geico. — Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, "Vice Media to Shrink Workforce by as Much as 15% as Growth Stalls," 7 Nov. 2018 Of course, there's always Titan, Saturn's giant moon that has liquid bodies of hydrocarbons on its surface. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "NASA Is Launching a Submarine to the Seafloor," 13 Aug. 2018 Airbnb isn't the only sharing economy giant taking a stand. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "Airbnb Threatens to Ban 'Unite the Right' Rally Attendees," 10 Aug. 2018 To get more of that kind of information, the company has teamed up with consumer genetics giant 23andMe, which could soon turn out to be a commercial competitor. — Megan Molteni, WIRED, "This Company Wants Your Fertility Data," 13 July 2018 ScienceCollared gray wolf in California ventured toward Lake Tahoe’s... US & World // ScienceMariposa Grove, Yosemite’s haven for giant sequoias, restored and... The Caribbean island of Bonaire is one of many places doing just that. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "Hawaii to ban sunscreen that damages coral," 7 July 2018 Kip Moore Kip Moore’s giant crowd at the U.S. Cellular Connection stage Saturday proved how loyal the city’s country fan base is, especially when the genre’s biggest artists come to town. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Best and worst of Summerfest Day 10: Kip Moore, Jonathan Davis of Korn, Phantogram & more," 7 July 2018 Its energetic ambiance, giant menu (decisions, decisions!), and of course, the cheesecake likely all come to mind. — Southern Living, "The Cheesecake Factory Is Debuting a New Restaurant This Fall," 22 June 2018 Yet Super Fly, directed by the 38-year-old Gordon Parks Jr., turns this endeavor into a giant provocation. — J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, "Superfly rolls back the clock on African-American movie heroes," 21 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'giant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for giant
giant
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English Language Learners Definition of giant
(Entry 1 of 2)
: 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
giant
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of giant (Entry 2 of 2)
: very large : much larger or more powerful than normal
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Kids Definition of giant
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : an imaginary person of great size and strength
2 : a person or thing that is very large, successful, or powerful He grew up to be a giant of a man.
giant
adjectiveKids Definition of giant (Entry 2 of 2)
: much larger than ordinary : huge
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