giant
- adjective
- /ˈdʒaɪənt/
- The giant elephant loomed over the other animals in the zoo.
- giant panda
- a giant leap
- a giant step
And now it looks like a giant fat football.
- And now it looks like a giant fat football.
- Now you're getting stitches, got this giant scar, people call you Scarface.
- And we'll build a giant O'Neill style colonies.
- I work in the aerospace industry and I build giant hyper rockets.
Examples
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Standing here next to this giant turbine... you can actually feel the power.
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In the Middle Ages, it was probably the giant cathedral, whether Gothic or Byzantine.
Academic text (1991) -
And now it looks like a giant fat football.
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Then we got this giant box of stuff, which is mine.
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Look at these beautiful giant mountains all around.
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I just caught this fish on a giant swim bait.
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So right now I'm sitting in a giant squishy pool.
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So here is the giant Crimson tomato.
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The sketches in the papers had made it look like a giant high school auditorium.
Fiction book (1990) -
The trail of popsicle sticks led to this giant pile of boxes.
Synonyms
Larger than usual in size or amount
Bigger than average in size, number, or amount
Very large in size, amount, or degree
Very large in size or number
Very large in size, amount, or effect
Very large or impressive
Very large in size or amount
Very large and heavy
Very large in size, amount, or degree
Very large, much bigger than normal
Quite large in size or amount
Larger than normal and often too big for its use
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
Very large in size, much bigger than normal
Very large in size or amount, much bigger than normal
Very large, much bigger than usual
Very large and much bigger than usual
A person or thing that seems bigger and more exciting than normal
Being large and heavy in size or build
Very large in size, amount, or importance
Very large in size or amount
Very large, heavy, and clumsy
Much larger than usual
Very large, often said in a playful way
About the same size as a bear and very heavy
Very large and grand like a giant planet
Antonyms
Idioms
A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people
Compounds
- Specialized
A very large planet like Jupiter or Saturn made mostly of light gases that has no solid surface
- Specialized
A very large old star with a cool surface and much larger size than the Sun
- Specialized
A very large animal with long arms that lives deep in the sea and reaches 18 meters
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
- Specialized
A very large evergreen tree with a very thick trunk that grows on the Sierra Nevada in California
A very large animal with a hard shell from South America that grows about three feet long
- South African
A very large antelope with dark stripes and twisted horns that lives in western and central Africa
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
- US
A very large bamboo plant from Southeast Asia with strong hollow stems like tree trunks
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 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
A large strong dog with thick wiry fur and a beard and bushy eyebrows bred to work
- Australian
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
- Australian
A large seabird like a big seagull that lives near Antarctic seas and eats dead animals, fish, and squid
- Australian
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 wildflower of western North America with ragged clusters of bright red flowers
- Australian
A large tropical plant with very big leaves grown for its edible underground stem
- Specialized
A large salamander that lives in western North American forests
- Specialized
A tall plant with yellow-green flowers that lives for many years
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Giant comes from the old Greek word gigas, which meant 'huge' and a great, mythic being. So when we call something giant or gigantic, we mean it is very 'large' or much bigger than normal.