GIANT Synonyms: 153 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈjī-ənt

Definition of giant

as in whale

something that is unusually large and powerful the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders

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giant

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adjective

as in gigantic

unusually large the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old

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Recent Examples of giant

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Previously, geological features left behind by landslides have been found on a host of bodies in the solar system, including Mars, Ceres in the asteroid belt, some of the icy moons of the gas giants, and even Pluto's companion, Charon. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2026 Streaming giant Netflix anticipates content spending (of about $20 billion) will be up around 10% in 2026, accelerating from 8% increases over the last five years but below the 14% the company averaged over the past decade. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 July 2026

Adjective

Banijay’s mega-merger with fellow indie giant All3Media, completed this week, creates a true TV colossus. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026 Despite a flood of objections, the FCC has approved a startup's plan to launch a controversial satellite that’ll use a giant mirror to reflect sunlight to Earth after dark. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for giant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant

Noun

Those include swimming dolphins, traveling in space, and taking a bath with a whale.

— Parents, Parents, 3 July 2026
Along with a full roster of shows and entertainment, the ship will sail with a whale specialist during summer months.

— Jane Wooldridge, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Definition of whale

Adjective

Last year was marked by an era of Hollywood belt-tightening, after some gigantic box office duds and some production moving out of Los Angeles.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026
Christopher Nolan’s passionate love affair with the Premium Large Format moviegoing experience peaks with The Odyssey, a gigantic undertaking that marks the first feature shot entirely with IMAX Film Cameras.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of gigantic

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The dinosaur blockbuster earned close to $1 billion at the box office and spawned a franchise.

— Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
Gus also reportedly shows bite marks and evidence of fractures that the dinosaur survived, which Sotheby’s said may add to its scientific significance.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

Definition of dinosaur

Adjective

Benjamin Willis, a Lorain, Ohio, teenager and huge Marvel movie fan, opened his mouth in awe.

— Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
That water supply is not the same water supply that goes toward agriculture, which accounts for a huge portion of the water used in the country, Anisfeld said.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026

Definition of huge

Adjective

Organizations spend enormous resources trying to create a sense of belonging from the center through onboarding experiences, engagement surveys, retreats, values statements, and culture programs.

— Julia Dhar, Time, 11 July 2026
Pilots spend enormous amounts of time in simulators where multiple failures are intentionally layered on top of one another.

— Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of enormous

Noun

For a mammoth, a successful pregnancy in an elephant surrogate would drag on for almost two years.

— Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of mammoth

Adjective

Beijing did not have to fire a shot, spend vast sums or use up political capital.

— Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
Severe droughts and searing heat across vast swathes of southern Europe destroyed large parts of the olive oil harvest, culminating in a dizzying price rally that shocked industry veterans and consumers alike.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 July 2026

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