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Synonyms & Antonyms of giant
(Entry 1 of 2)
unusually large
- the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old
Synonyms for giant
- 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
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Antonyms for giant
- 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
giant
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of giant (Entry 2 of 2)
something that is unusually large and powerful
- the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders
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