as in giant
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of giantess
Stewart herself is certainly no stranger to starring in movies that are a little off the wall; Love Lies Bleeding, famously, ended with (spoiler alert) what basically amounted to a giantess fantasy sequence.
—
James Factora, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Moroney is standing on the shoulders of other giantesses, too, but combining some of their different qualities in an interesting way — as girly as Shania Twain on the surface level but at least somewhere on the same toughness scale that is topped by Miranda Lambert, too.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
In the 1958 Hollywood movie, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a giantess played by Allison Hayes squashed men like bugs until the town sheriff killed her.
—Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Back in the woods and trying to find a way to stop a vengeful giantess, the Baker’s Wife ends up running into Cinderella’s Prince.
—Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
Salerno plays 30 characters from inside a small box, ranging from a drunken couple in Las Vegas to a lonely giantess, a lost pope and the entire Greek army.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
James Factora, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Moroney is standing on the shoulders of other giantesses, too, but combining some of their different qualities in an interesting way — as girly as Shania Twain on the surface level but at least somewhere on the same toughness scale that is topped by Miranda Lambert, too.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
In the 1958 Hollywood movie, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a giantess played by Allison Hayes squashed men like bugs until the town sheriff killed her.
—Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Back in the woods and trying to find a way to stop a vengeful giantess, the Baker’s Wife ends up running into Cinderella’s Prince.
—Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
Salerno plays 30 characters from inside a small box, ranging from a drunken couple in Las Vegas to a lonely giantess, a lost pope and the entire Greek army.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giantess
Noun
-
The president said Thursday that the two mortgage giants under government conservatorship, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have $200 billion in cash that will be used to make the mortgage bond purchases.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
-
An infusion of money and resources await Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals after health giant Hartford HealthCare purchased them from the private equity company Prospect Medical Holdings days ago.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
Now, PayPal faces a slew of competitors, from the payments colossus Stripe to Big Tech giants like Apple.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
18 Dec. 2025
-
Altman completed his transformation of OpenAI, shedding profit caps for investors and paving the way for future investment in the $500 billion colossus.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
-
Lower- and no-alcohol beers are the new normal As whales and high-alcohol beers decline, they’re being replaced by lower-alcohol beers and, in some cases, no alcohol beers, which have surged in popularity for several years.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
-
But for the population, which stands at 384 whales, to rebound from its substantial losses in the past decade, many more calves will need to be born.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
With some species variations, all sorts of wild animals, from small rodents to elephants, will consume alcohol, even to the point of drunkenness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
-
Other variants tile the lenses of insect eyes and form corky plate patterns in the elephant’s foot plant.—
Anirban Mukhopadhyay,
Scientific American,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
This, in turn, would allow Wells Fargo, Goldman, and other financial behemoths to lend more and pay higher dividends.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
-
Once a behemoth of culture and a refuge from politics, the center now endorses a narrow vision of art and espouses a MAGA agenda.—
Christine Ledbetter,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
Children’s Discovery Museum: A celebration 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 1 features sand painting with stencils, storytelling, giant skeleton puppets, and a calaveras procession led by Teatro Familia Aztlán that visits at Lupe, the museum’s 14,000-year-old muerto mammoth, along the way.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
-
Humans have had an impact on biodiversity as far back as 130,000 years ago, with the disappearance of mammoths and giant sloths—and extinction has continued in our wake as the human race spread across the globe.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Bringing Colter on board gives another boost to Cupertino — described as a David vs Goliath legal drama set in Silicon Valley — which is targeted for the 2026-27 season.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
-
The show is described as a David vs. Goliath legal drama set in Silicon Valley.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
Next Friday, the country’s government will ask a Paris judge to suspend the e-tail leviathan’s French marketplace for three months, a finance ministry official said Tuesday.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Nov. 2025
-
Some leviathan with a glowing yellow eye from beneath the ocean's depths saved the half-orc from certain death in the middle of the sea and bestowed on him magical powers.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Giantess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giantess. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share