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 WebOlivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2024
Google may make people pay to use some of its new AI search features, in what would be a fundamental shift for the core-services-are-free giants.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
Redstone is widely understood to prefer selling Paramount Global, the Hollywood giant built by her father Sumner Redstone, who died in 2020, in one piece while maximizing the price tag of a deal.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
The pharmaceutical giant announced its plans to buy Mirati in October as part of its broader effort to strengthen its oncology portfolio.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
Endeavor, the sports and entertainment giant that owns agencies WME and IMG, announced on Tuesday it will be acquired by private equity firm Silver Lake in a deal that values the company at $13 billion.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2024
The outcome of the months-long and expensive proxy battle between Disney, led by its CEO Bob Iger, and activist investor Nelson Peltz will be revealed Wednesday at the media giant’s annual shareholders meeting.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Hundreds of managers at the consulting giant’s U.K. office have been offered the chance to spend nine months of company time to find another job, rather than working on client projects.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
Read Next Business Big change is coming to Boise fast as 2 tech giants invest $16 billion.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2024
Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
The stern sports a giant beach club with a full arsenal of water toys for guests, while the upper deck is home to a touch-and-go helipad that can facilitate comings and goings at sea.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
More specifically, Fink makes two huge factual mistakes and creates one giant confusion in his letter.
—Randi Weingarten, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The giant species of whale numbers less than 360 and is vulnerable to ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
But as e-commerce continues to skyrocket in this age of on-demand, having a giant fleet of trucks or cars deliver small packages to people all over the map doesn’t make the most sense anymore.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
The attraction will culminate in a giant Mardi Gras musical celebration.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
When Drake flies in to Miami on his giant, blue private jet, we’re used to seeing the superstar tuck in to fancy places like Prime 112.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
This sleek option that looks like an expensive name-brand version at a fraction of the price measures just 8 inches by 2 inches, which is just enough to hold your phone, keys, and cash — no digging deep into the vast abyss of a giant bag required.
—Brittany Vanderbill, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
Noun
In 2020, the health care giant established the Institute for Health Equity, a part of Norton Healthcare committed to investing $20 million over five years to address health needs in underserved areas of the community.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2024
Google may make people pay to use some of its new AI search features, in what would be a fundamental shift for the core-services-are-free giants.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
Redstone is widely understood to prefer selling Paramount Global, the Hollywood giant built by her father Sumner Redstone, who died in 2020, in one piece while maximizing the price tag of a deal.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
The pharmaceutical giant announced its plans to buy Mirati in October as part of its broader effort to strengthen its oncology portfolio.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
Endeavor, the sports and entertainment giant that owns agencies WME and IMG, announced on Tuesday it will be acquired by private equity firm Silver Lake in a deal that values the company at $13 billion.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2024
The outcome of the months-long and expensive proxy battle between Disney, led by its CEO Bob Iger, and activist investor Nelson Peltz will be revealed Wednesday at the media giant’s annual shareholders meeting.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Hundreds of managers at the consulting giant’s U.K. office have been offered the chance to spend nine months of company time to find another job, rather than working on client projects.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 2 Apr. 2024
Read Next Business Big change is coming to Boise fast as 2 tech giants invest $16 billion.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2024
Adjective
The finest such touch involves Christophe, who takes a step of Sasquatch imagination that amounts to a giant leap for Sasquatchkind.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
The stern sports a giant beach club with a full arsenal of water toys for guests, while the upper deck is home to a touch-and-go helipad that can facilitate comings and goings at sea.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
More specifically, Fink makes two huge factual mistakes and creates one giant confusion in his letter.
—Randi Weingarten, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The giant species of whale numbers less than 360 and is vulnerable to ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear.
—CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
But as e-commerce continues to skyrocket in this age of on-demand, having a giant fleet of trucks or cars deliver small packages to people all over the map doesn’t make the most sense anymore.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
The attraction will culminate in a giant Mardi Gras musical celebration.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
When Drake flies in to Miami on his giant, blue private jet, we’re used to seeing the superstar tuck in to fancy places like Prime 112.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
This sleek option that looks like an expensive name-brand version at a fraction of the price measures just 8 inches by 2 inches, which is just enough to hold your phone, keys, and cash — no digging deep into the vast abyss of a giant bag required.
—Brittany Vanderbill, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
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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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