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giant

giant

108 3.4
A very large and powerful company or organization
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒaɪənt/
: 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

big name
vsgiant
91 3.5

A famous and important person or group in one area

focuses on exceptional organizational size and power rather than fame
powerhouse
vsgiant
58 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
35 2.7

A very large company that does business in many countries

stresses exceptional power and dominance in a particular business area
major player
vsgiant
34 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
behemoth
vsgiant
29 7.8

A very large and powerful thing, person, or group

emphasizes exceptional business size and influence more than mere largeness
leviathan
vsgiant
  • Literature
16 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
8 7.5

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

applies specifically to very large business organizations rather than individuals
goliath
vsgiant
3 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
1 6.5

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

is a very large powerful company not only limited to one industry
1 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

113 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
17 4.5

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

giant squid
  • Specialized
9 4.9

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

red giant
  • Specialized
8 7.2

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

6 1.7

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

sleeping giant
  • Informal
6 6.5

A person or group with large unused power and potential

gentle giant
  • Informal
5 3.4

A very large person who is kind and calm

giant star
  • Specialized
4 6.8

A very large bright star near the end of its life

2 4.9

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

2 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

2 5.7

A very large sea clam that lives on coral reefs

red giant star
  • Specialized
2 6.3

A very large, old star that shines bright and red

giant sequoia
  • Specialized
1 5.3

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

1 4.1

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

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

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

giant kangaroo
  • Australian
1 3.4

A very large Australian kangaroo that once lived in open woods

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

giant sunflower
  • Specialized
1 3.2

A very tall sunflower with thick edible roots

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

1 5.3

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

1 6.5

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

1 3.8

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

1 3.9

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

giant petrel
  • Australian
1 8.1

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

1 3.5

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

1 2.9

A large vegetable like a leek with a mild garlic taste

1 7.7

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

1 6.0

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

A large round white mushroom people eat when it is young

1 4.9

A large edible sea clam that lives in cold Atlantic waters

giant moa
  • New Zealand
1 9.9

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

1 8.9

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

1 7.3

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

1 6.3

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

giant eland
  • South African
1 8.6

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

giant timber bamboo
  • Specialized
1 6.3

Very large bamboo plant with thick stems from China

1 8.9

A coarse grass that grows in fields and crowds out crops

1 6.5

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

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

A large brown seabird that lives near Antarctica

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 taro
  • Australian
7.7

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

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
127 4.9
giant
108 3.4
corporation
904 3.7
company
∞ 1.0
local agency
22 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.