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giant

/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/noun, adjective2 syllables

Giant means: of great mass; huge and bulky.

Synonyms for giant28

noun, as in a person of exceptional importance and reputation

colossus, behemoth, heavyweight, titan

noun, as in someone that is abnormally large and powerful

goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus

noun, as in a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

hulk, heavyweight, whale

noun, as in a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

giant star

adjective, as in of great mass; huge and bulky

elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo, large, big

also used for giant

bulk, Brobdingnagian, ettin, hunk, leviathan, mammoth, mastodon, mountain, colossal, enormous, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast

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What does giant mean?8

adjective

1

of great mass; huge and bulky“a jumbo jet”

noun

1

a person of exceptional importance and reputation

2

someone that is abnormally large and powerful

3

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

4

a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

5

any creature of exceptional size

6

an unusually large enterprise“Walton built a retail giant”

7

an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with giant?4

two syllables

client

three syllables

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Giant in a sentence

  • I remember tropical parties, which served giant prawns on rice.nonong
  • All entities are pulsating, from tiny elementary particles to giant galaxies.carlosalberto
  • That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.rul
  • On some moons of that gas giant, there are fields and mountains of ice.nonong
  • It's one small step for a person, but one giant leap for a flea.sundown
  • Another man accompanied him, a kind of giant who walked bareheaded.samir_t
  • The sun is a giant ball of hot gas, mostly hydrogen and helium.Igider
  • That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.Clavain

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Forms of giant

as a noun

plural
giants