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 WebJon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2024
Exactly what Disneyland plans to build in the coming years is unclear, but the entertainment giant as asking the city to relax zoning rules so the park can have more flexibility.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
In the newer suit against Target, attorneys argued that the retail giant's stores across the country are outfitted with cameras and video surveillance, many of which have the capability of collecting biometric data.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
The streaming giant has picked up the three-parter Hollywood Con Queen from director Chris Smith, based in part on Johnson’s book Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for an Evil Genius from Harper Collins.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2024
Aides said the effort to discourage companies from working with WuXi and others was influenced by the U.S. government’s experience with Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications giant.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Prince Harry and Meghan, who previously starred in Suits (now streaming on Netflix), inked their deal with the streaming giant in 2020 after moving to her home state of California.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
Dickies has clothed the popular giant for years and even named one of its conference rooms after him.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
Mixed earnings Separately, investment giant BlackRock reported that its assets under management swelled to a record $10.5 trillion during the first quarter.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
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
Each morning, the expedition takes zodiacs out to scout for a safe landing where guests may witness a giant elephant seal yawn or a skua attacking a penguin rookery.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
In the salvage yard Monday morning, workers disassembled the metal trusses by attacking them with propane torches and a pair of giant shears that sliced them into more manageable pieces.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
The massive quake brought down lampposts and split gas lines, causing several small fires that quickly converged into one giant conflagration that burned for three days.
—Christopher Calton, Orange County Register, 16 Apr. 2024
Vine’s limit of six seconds per-movie makes for creative challenges, but Bachelor leveraged his NYU Film School training to pack full dramas into each short Vine post to amass a giant following.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
The singer walked the carpet dressed as a giant chandelier with working lights.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
This recipe, which is great for Passover, comes out crisp and golden on the outside and creamy on the inside — akin to a shareable hash brown or a giant latke.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
Noun
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
Exactly what Disneyland plans to build in the coming years is unclear, but the entertainment giant as asking the city to relax zoning rules so the park can have more flexibility.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
In the newer suit against Target, attorneys argued that the retail giant's stores across the country are outfitted with cameras and video surveillance, many of which have the capability of collecting biometric data.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
The streaming giant has picked up the three-parter Hollywood Con Queen from director Chris Smith, based in part on Johnson’s book Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for an Evil Genius from Harper Collins.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2024
Aides said the effort to discourage companies from working with WuXi and others was influenced by the U.S. government’s experience with Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications giant.
—Christina Jewett, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Prince Harry and Meghan, who previously starred in Suits (now streaming on Netflix), inked their deal with the streaming giant in 2020 after moving to her home state of California.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
Dickies has clothed the popular giant for years and even named one of its conference rooms after him.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
Mixed earnings Separately, investment giant BlackRock reported that its assets under management swelled to a record $10.5 trillion during the first quarter.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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
Each morning, the expedition takes zodiacs out to scout for a safe landing where guests may witness a giant elephant seal yawn or a skua attacking a penguin rookery.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
In the salvage yard Monday morning, workers disassembled the metal trusses by attacking them with propane torches and a pair of giant shears that sliced them into more manageable pieces.
—Lea Skene, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
The massive quake brought down lampposts and split gas lines, causing several small fires that quickly converged into one giant conflagration that burned for three days.
—Christopher Calton, Orange County Register, 16 Apr. 2024
Vine’s limit of six seconds per-movie makes for creative challenges, but Bachelor leveraged his NYU Film School training to pack full dramas into each short Vine post to amass a giant following.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
The singer walked the carpet dressed as a giant chandelier with working lights.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
This recipe, which is great for Passover, comes out crisp and golden on the outside and creamy on the inside — akin to a shareable hash brown or a giant latke.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 15 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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