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giant

giant

248 3.4
A very large and powerful company or organization
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒaɪənt/
translation icon : gigante
  • "Ailing companies, including giants like Ford, are sending far fewer managers to $100-a-day classes," observes Forbes Magazine.
  • corporate giant
  • business giant
  • industrial giant

BMW, Ford and other automobile giants have plans for hydrogen cars as well.

Examples

  • Everybody's after his time, politicians, religious leaders, corporate giants.

  • A two-generation passing of the torch in the Yashida family.. as Mariko Yashida takes the helm from her grandfather, who built this tech giant.

  • This giant pharmaceutical company, giant agriculture, giant government.

  • Significant investment in site development by some of the national waste management giants never really materialized.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The resources of these industrial giants were not shipped overseas; they were fed into domestic manufacturing plants.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Profit-seeking corporate giants discovered that prestigious academic journals could become gold mines.

    Academic text (2002)
  • ConocoPhillips and Citgo have their world headquarters here, and giants such as ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP are represented.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Capitol Hill's furious reaction helped derail the 2005 bid by the Chinese energy giant CNOOC to buy the California-based Unocal.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The oil giant has announced plans to expand its operations into renewable energy.

  • Samsung, a leading giant in the electronics industry, unveiled its latest smartphone yesterday.

Synonyms

powerhouse
vsgiant
57 4.5

A person, team, or organization that is very successful and able to influence others

is focused on unusual size and power especially in business areas
big name
vsgiant
43 3.5

A famous and important person or group in one area

focuses on exceptional organizational size and power rather than fame
behemoth
vsgiant
31 7.8

A very large and powerful thing, person, or group

emphasizes exceptional business size and influence more than mere largeness
major player
vsgiant
29 3.8

A person or company that has a lot of power in a field

indicates unusually large and powerful status rather than mere influence
24 2.7

A very large company that does business in many countries

stresses exceptional power and dominance in a particular business area
leviathan
vsgiant
  • Literature
17 9.3

A very large and powerful thing, for example a company or ship

is used for companies unusually large and influential in business areas
colossus
vsgiant
4 7.5

A very large, strong, or important person like a leader

applies specifically to very large business organizations rather than individuals
goliath
vsgiant
2 7.4

A very large and powerful person or company that beats others easily

is a neutral business term stressing real organizational size and power

A very large company, organization, or person that dominates an industry

is a very large powerful company not only limited to one industry
8.0

A very large technology company that controls much of the market

is the general term for a very large powerful company across fields
overgod
vsgiant
9.9

A person or group much more powerful than others in an area

describes great size and power but not necessarily absolute dominance

Antonyms

169 3.6

A new company that aims to grow quickly, often in technology

Idioms

A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people

Compounds

gas giant
  • Specialized
13 4.5

A very large planet like Jupiter or Saturn made mostly of light gases that has no solid surface

red giant
  • Specialized
7 7.2

A very large old star with a cool surface and much larger size than the Sun

5 1.7

A large black and white bear from China that eats mainly bamboo

giant squid
  • Specialized
5 4.9

A very large animal with long arms that lives deep in the sea and reaches 18 meters

gentle giant
  • Informal
4 3.4

A very large person who is kind and calm

giant star
  • Specialized
3 6.8

A very large bright star near the end of its life

sleeping giant
  • Informal
3 6.5

A person or group with large unused power and potential

1 5.7

A very large sea clam that lives on coral reefs

1 5.9

A very large insect like a cockroach that lives in tropical parts of the Americas

A very large land turtle from islands like Galapagos and Seychelles that lives over 100 years

giant sequoia
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A very large evergreen tree with a very thick trunk that grows on the Sierra Nevada in California

red giant star
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A very large, old star that shines bright and red

1 6.9

A very large fern that grows in wet tropical forests

1 7.3

A very large animal with a hard shell from South America that grows about three feet long

A very large sea crab from Japan that lives in deep water with very long legs

giant eland
  • South African
8.6

A very large antelope with dark stripes and twisted horns that lives in western and central Africa

3.9

A very tall evergreen tree from northwest America with long curved branches

8.9

A coarse grass that grows in fields and crowds out crops

A large brown seabird that lives near Antarctica

A large vegetable like a leek with a mild garlic taste

A tropical plant that makes very large fruit you can eat

A large wild orchid with greenish-brown and pinkish flowers that grows near streams or ponds

Large raised red patches on the skin that appear suddenly and usually go away within one day

A large mammal from South America with a long tongue and claws that eats ants and termites

3.5

A very large bamboo plant from Southeast Asia with strong hollow stems like tree trunks

A large flowering plant that grows in wet mountain grasslands of Peru

7.3

A tall grass that grows in thick groups in the southern United States

A small evergreen tree from the Pacific Coast with shiny yellow-green leaves and edible nuts

A large sea snail with a spiral shell people collect and sometimes eat

A large shrub with feathery leaves and bright yellow flowers that grows on the coast

A very large insect like a wasp that stings and can be aggressive

A plant grown in gardens for its fragrant leaves and colorful flowers

giant kangaroo
  • Australian
3.4

A very large Australian kangaroo that once lived in open woods

A very large lizard that lives on some Indonesian islands, for example the Komodo dragon

A very large animal like a big frog that lives in Asian rivers and is sometimes eaten

4.9

A large edible sea clam that lives in cold Atlantic waters

A large strong dog with thick wiry fur and a beard and bushy eyebrows bred to work

9.8

A large plant with many green leaves that climbs or spreads over walls

A large fish like a perch that lives in the sea, rivers, and bays and is good to eat

giant silkworm
  • Specialized
7.0

A large caterpillar that makes strong silk for its cocoon

giant silkworm moth
  • Specialized
7.7

A large moth with big wings whose caterpillars make silk

giant moa
  • New Zealand
9.9

A very large bird from New Zealand that cannot fly and is now extinct

A large sea animal like a worm that bores into wood under water

A large fish that lives in sea and rivers and people catch to eat and for sport

giant petrel
  • Australian
8.1

A large seabird like a big seagull that lives near Antarctic seas and eats dead animals, fish, and squid

giant pigfish
  • Australian
9.9

A large colorful fish that lives near coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef

A vine from Costa Rica with large purple-blue flowers and hook-shaped spines

A large round white mushroom people eat when it is young

A wildflower of western North America with ragged clusters of bright red flowers

A very tall grass with jointed stems and feathery white flower clusters near rivers

A large tall grass that grows for many years and helps hold soil

7.7

A tall grass grown for animal feed and hay

giant stock bean
  • Specialized
9.9

A bushy tropical plant with long pods grown for animal feed

giant sunflower
  • Specialized
3.2

A very tall sunflower with thick edible roots

giant taro
  • Australian
7.7

A large tropical plant with very big leaves grown for its edible underground stem

giant timber bamboo
  • Specialized
6.3

Very large bamboo plant with thick stems from China

A large water insect that eats small fish and other water animals

A tall plant with many pink flowers that bees like

8.2

A large salamander that lives in western North American forests

yellow giant hyssop
  • Specialized
9.5

A tall plant with yellow-green flowers that lives for many years

How Powerful

monopoly
  • Specialized
148 4.9
giant
248 3.4
corporation
3.7
company
1.0
local agency
6 3.0

Surface Forms

giant singular
giants plural

Etymology

Giant comes from the old Greek word gigas, meaning 'huge', and people use it for things that have great size and power. So a business called a giant is a very big, powerful company in its area.