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 The stock closed down about 4% Thursday as investors pondered the lawsuits, investigations, likely corporate jockeying and the resilience of a market driven by the gains of a few tech giants. — Kelvin Chan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026 Broadcom and other custom silicon makers could gain as tech giants look to design more of their own chips, rather than relying on Nvidia’s. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2026 Reaching a nearly 6,000-meter depth without relying on Western oilfield giants like SLB, Baker Hughes, or Halliburton shows that Beijing’s push for technological self-reliance in energy infrastructure is paying off. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026 LaLiga soccer giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona have also hit the mark, while Manchester United is projected to top $1 billion during the 2026-27 EPL season, and Ferrari is also bumping up against the threshold. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 12 Nov. 2026 In areas where construction has finished, fences are up and grounds are landscaped, and avenues through the humming data centers have been named after the AI tech giants. — Anna Coren, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026 Unlike other tech giants that deliberately anoint heirs apparent—such as Apple with Tim Cook—Nvidia has long been viewed as having a uniquely centralized structure constructed around its CEO, to whom there is no obvious successor. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026 Blicher added that the next step for Maersk is to offer such solutions to more clients, and not just retail giants with global reach. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026 Currently, to meet the massive capital requirements of AI infrastructure, American tech giants are expanding financing channels into overseas markets like Europe while extending bond maturities. — CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

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Noun

In February last year, more than 150 whales beached off the coast of Tasmania, Australia – and all of them either died or were euthanized – in the first mass stranding of the animals in Tasmania in 50 years.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
Necropsy reports this week specified the causes of death for two beluga whales at Shedd Aquarium after they were rescued from Canada.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of whales

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Switch-hitters are going the way of the dinosaurs, and just about every pitcher in baseball has really, really good stuff, so teams want an edge in their lineup with balance.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
In the photo, a cake with a gold number 3 could be seen in the center of a table, featuring what appeared to be dinosaurs on it.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

Noun

The film, set between the years 1945 and 1947, depicts a society struggling to recover from war, only to be reduced, once again, by the arrival of a kaiju (as giant monsters are known in Japanese, and to fans of the corresponding film genre).

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
The fight scene rules, and there are much, much worse things for kids to see than CGI monsters grievously injuring one another.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of monsters

Noun

Something that looms large is wealthy business titans trying to exert profound, direct influence over American politics and policies.

— Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Intermediate-mass black holes are thought to sit between these two families of cosmic titans with masses between 100 and 100,000 times that of the sun.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of titans

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Almost forty thousand years ago, in the caves of Chauvet in France, someone painted lions, rhinoceroses, mammoths, and bears with striking naturalism, allowing the animals to emerge from the contours and relief of the stone walls.

— Andrew Zuckerman, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of mammoths

Noun

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley encountered their share of growing pains but are now behemoths that generally hold onto their top performers.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of behemoths

Noun

Raised by caring elephants in an orphanage, Norden eventually ventures out on his own and finds a mate.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
The bulk of the shoe’s upper appears in a black leather that appears well worn and yellowed, while brand marks in black with red trim match the elephant print’s color combo.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026

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