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 At that point, the Spanish club was confident he would soon be snapped up by one of the game’s giants for mega money, so was happy to play the long game. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Tech giants like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic offer schools training sessions in how to use their AI tools. — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 Chipmaker Nvidia for instance, is now working with Apollo, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street giants to mobilize more than $500 billion of additional capital for AI infrastructure. — Amit Joshi, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 Chinese startups and tech giants are spending billions to keep up. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Pharmaceutical giants Moderna and Merck said Wednesday that an experimental vaccine treatment has shown signs of preventing cancer from returning or spreading in a study of high-risk melanoma patients. — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026 Murcko comes to Fixated after holding senior business and revenue posts for digital firms as Skimm, Fullscreen, Catch+Release and traditional publishing giants including Condé Nast, Gannett and Rodale. — William Earl, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images South Korea's Kospi has staged a reversal from its latest rout, returning to bull-market territory as investors pile back into the country's semiconductor giants that dominate the index. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 Seoul has been home to the world’s sharpest swings for artificial-intelligence stocks because it’s dominated by two tech giants, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

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Noun

More than 1,000 whales are typically killed each year, despite ongoing concerns over high levels of heavy metals in the meat.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
While transporting large mammals like whales, dolphins and polar bears by plane isn’t unheard of — SeaWorld has been doing it for decades, says Eric Otjen, vice president of zoological operations at the San Diego park.

— Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of whales

Noun

Starting with the second film, The Lost World, a theme emerged in which dinosaurs were recast as victims who needed protecting from evil humans.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
That shape could be consistent with tracks left by either theropods — a group that includes meat-eating dinosaurs — or ornithopods, which were bipedal herbivores.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

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Daniels credits Carlyle’s connections with his being invited to Trump’s 2025 trip to the UAE and Qatar, alongside executives from Microsoft, Google, and other US corporate titans.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Anthony Hopkins has played villains and popes, presidents and dictators, titans of literature and comic book kings.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of titans

Noun

But there are two other AI behemoths still waiting in the wings for their turn to go public, and at least one of them has no intention of being eclipsed by Elon Musk.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Now, eight years and nearly two full terms later, the governor has paused those incentives as the onset of data centers has stressed energy and water resources and public opinion has swiftly turned against the tech behemoths.

— Ben Szalinski, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of behemoths

Noun

For perspective, that's about the same weight as seven African bush elephants, the largest land animal on earth.

— Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Discworld is a flat earth balanced on the backs of four elephants, which are in turn standing on an enormous turtle, Great A’Tuin.

— Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

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