GIANTS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

giants

noun

plural of giant

as in whales

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

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Recent Examples of giants Anthropic itself revealed in an IPO prospectus this week that almost half of its revenue comes from fellow tech giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The company, which declined to disclose a valuation, also announced that financial giants Synchrony and Experian had joined the latest round as strategic investors. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 The two broadcast giants worked together on ten-part series Merry Berry Love, which started streaming worldwide on Disney+ on October 7. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026 In a report this month that sharply criticized data center giants including Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, several Senate Democrats said companies have used nondisclosure agreements to freeze out the public. — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 In a report this month that sharply criticized data center giants including Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, several Senate Democrats said companies have used non-disclosure agreements to freeze out the public. — Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 The performance gap between Wall Street's giants and rivals including Bank of America and Citigroup highlights a widening divide in capital markets. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 In 2025, Kenneth Lavíll, Drew Venegas, Gabi Bermúdez, Kauê Penna and Alejandro Aramburú became the first Latin boy band under HYBE, known for forming successful groups such as K-pop giants BTS and girl group KATSEYE. — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026

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Noun

He is venerated as a patron saint of sailors, mariners, travelers, and whales.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
In nature, larger animals, such as elephants and whales, tend to live longer than smaller animals, such as mice and shrews, Teeling says.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of whales

Noun

The creature belonged to a family of nonavian dinosaurs known as the caenagnathids characterized by sleek physiologies and toothless beaks.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026
The sale is just more evidence that dinosaurs have become serious trophy objects for wealthy collectors, joining blue-chip paintings, rare watches, and sports memorabilia at the top end of the luxury market.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

Noun

Set on a mysterious island ravaged by floods and warring armies, a masked boy and girl must traverse atmospheric environments, rescue friends, and confront nightmarish monsters.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Wētā is famous for its monsters and sci-fi creatures, so making a romantic lead gave the creatives a unique challenge.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of monsters

Noun

Some people see America now in a second Gilded Age with tech and infrastructure titans such as Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison at the top of the heap.

— Frank Langfitt, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Two Hollywood titans linking up is bound to yield some impressive results, but fans will have to dig in and wait until 2028.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of titans

Noun

In ancient California, they are believed to have existed alongside other extinct native species, including bison-sized Jefferson’s ground sloths, Columbian mammoths and western camels.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of mammoths

Noun

Back the companies willing to take risks The United States needs an advanced manufacturing ecosystem that includes more than behemoths with access to capital markets and giant lines of credit.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
While invisible themselves, these cosmic behemoths reveal their presence by bending the light of nearby objects, and the Black Hole Hunters project is searching for one specific manifestation of this effect.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of behemoths

Noun

In nature, larger animals, such as elephants and whales, tend to live longer than smaller animals, such as mice and shrews, Teeling says.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
In the film, Dumbo, a baby elephant with large ears, is dropped off by a stork at a circus in Florida.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2026

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