giant
Syllables: gi·ant/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/
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dialectal/ˈd͡ʒaɪnt/
giant noun: a mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
Noun (1)
giant (plural giants)
- A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
- The Dwarf then swelled and grew higher and higher till he became a monstrous Giant, and vanished in the air, while the old people were praying to God and thanking him for their deliverance.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 99
- Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
- An eoten or jotun.
- The giants also had been outlawed along with Satan because they had fought against god.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21
- A very tall and large person.
- "It's barbarous, Norsus." "It's Rome," said the giant flatly.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 65
- A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
- Synonyms:
- giant star
- An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
- A very large organization.
- The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
- Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson says it will continue to sell its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder in the UK and the rest of the world, despite stopping sales in the US and Canada.2020 May 20, “J&J to sell baby powder in UK despite stopping US sales”, in BBC, London: BBC, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2022, retrieved 22 May 2020
- A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
- But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus...1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
- she's not the intellectual giant1988, Thomas Dolby, Airhead
- A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
Adjective
giant (not comparable)
- Very large.
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around...2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32
Noun (2) capitalized: Giant
Giant (plural Giants)
- A player for the San Francisco Giants.
- A player for the New York Giants.
- A Gigas, a member of the Gigantes, a race of giants who defied the gods.
giant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
giant in Hindi
- mythical human
- दानव dānav, देव dev, दैत्य daitya
- giant
- दिग्गज diggaj
giant in Tamil
- மாபெரும், ஜாம்பவான், பூதம், அரக்கன்
giant in Marathi
- Greek mythological creature
- जायंट jāyaṇṭa
giant in Urdu
- mythical human
- دیوْ dev
More languagesFewer languages
- giant in Bengali
- দৈত্য dōitto, বিশাল biśal
- giant in Telugu
- అతికాయుడు atikāyuḍu, రుధిరాశనుడు rudhirāśanuḍu, రాక్షసుడు rākṣasuḍu
- giant in Malayalam
- ഭീമൻ bhīmaṉ
- giant in Kannada
- ಪೇರಾಳು, ಪೆರ್ಮಯ್ಯಾಳು, ರಾಕ್ಷಸ, ದೈತ್ಯ
- giant in Pashto
- دېب deb, دېو dew
- giant in Tagalog
- higante, dambuhala, tandayag
- giant in Arabic
- عِمْلَاق ʕimlāq
- giant in Malay
- gergasi, raksasa
- giant in Indonesian
- gergasi, raksasa
- giant in Thai
- ยักษ์ yák, ไจแอนต์
- giant in Vietnamese
- người khổng lồ
Examples of giant in a sentence
- Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.2021 February 15, Jack Nicas, “Parler, a Social Network That Attracted Trump Fans, Returns Online”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived...
- Swiss food giant Nestlé confirmed the theft, which disappeared while traveling from central Italy to Poland.2026 March 29, “Someone stole 413,793 KitKat bars and an entire truck in Europe”, in syracuse.com:
- But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
Synonyms of giant
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Antonyms
Forms of giant
| plural | giants |
|---|---|
| plural | Giants |
| alternative form (obsolete) | giaunt |
Origin of giant
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Largely Displaced native Old English ent (“giant”), Old English eoten (“giant or jötunn”), and Old English þyrs (“giant or ogre”). Compare English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin (“giant or troll”) and thurse (“giant”).
Words formed from giant
- Aldabra giant tortoise
- Amazon giant leech
- Amazonian giant centipede
- Argentine giant tegu
- Asian giant hornet
- asymptotic giant branch
- Baoruco giant anole
- Chao Phraya giant catfish
- Eastern Pacific giant conch
- fluted giant clam
- Galápagos giant tortoise
- Galapagos giant tortoise
- giant African land snail
- giant anteater
- giant armadillo
- giant banjo frog
- giant barb
- giant barnacle
- giant beaver
- giant burrowing cockroach
- giant butterbur
- giant cane
- giant cell
- giant cheetah
- giant chinquapin
- giant clam
- giant coot
- giant daikon
- giant deer
- giant elk
- giant elliptical galaxy
- giant emerald pill millipede
- giantess
- giant fennel
- giant forest genet
- giant forest hog
- giant frog
- giant Gippsland earthworm
- giant green slantface
- giant grenadier
- giant groundsel
- giant hermit crab
- giant heron
- giant hogweed
- giant house spider
- giant hyena
- giant hyssop
- giant impact theory
- giantism
- giant isopod
- giant kelp
- giant kelpfish
- giant kettle
- giant kingfisher
- giant lacewing
- giant leopard moth
- giantly
- giant magnetoresistance
- giant magnetoresistive
- giant mesquite bug
Phrases with giant
- gas giant
- giant moa
- giant set
- ice giant
- red giant
- blue giant
- giant kill
- giant moas
- giant reed
- giant sets
- giant star
- giant taro
147 more phrasesFewer phrases
- giant weta
- tech giant
- Faded Giant
- frost giant
- giant canes
- giant clams
- giant coots
- giant frogs
- giant otter
- giant panda
- giant reeds
- giant squid
- giant stars
- giant virus
- giant wetas
- bright giant
- Easter giant
- gentle giant
- giant hyenas
- giant maiden
- giant otters
- giant pandas
- giant petrel
- giant planet
- giant powder
- giant quasar
- giant slalom
- giant squids
- giant stride
- Jersey Giant
- Flemish Giant
- giant beavers
- giant daikons
- giant hyssops
- giant kettles
- giant maidens
- giant mudfish
- giant oarfish
- giant octopus
- giant petrels
- giant planets
- giant quasars
- giant rattail
- giant redwood
- giant rhubarb
- giant sequoia
- giant slaloms
- giant viruses
- friendly giant
- giant cheetahs
- giant hogweeds
- giant molecule
- giant mud crab
- giant pacarana
- giant pangasia
- giant pangolin
- giant rattails
- giant redwoods
- giant rhubarbs
- giant sequoias
- giant tortoise
- giant trevally
- sleeping giant
- Aphrodite Giant
- giant anteaters
- giant barnacles
- giant lacewings
- giant molecules
- Giant Mountains
- giant oarfishes
- giant pacaranas
- giant pangasius
- giant pangolins
- giant roundworm
- giant snakehead
- giant squidlike
- giant tortoises
- giant tree frog
- giant tube worm
- giant water bug
- giant wood fern
- giant wood rail
- Trembling Giant
- gas giant planet
- giant armadillos
- giant butterburs
- giant grenadiers
- giant groundsels
- giant periwinkle
- giant roundworms
- giant salamander
- giant snakeheads
- giant squid-like
- giant stock bean
- giant tree frogs
- giant tube worms
- giant water bugs
- giant wood rails
- ice giant planet
- Aphrodite's Giant
- gas giant planets
- giant banjo frogs
- giant chinquapins
- giant forest hogs
- giant kingfishers
- giant mouse lemur
- giant periwinkles
- giant salamanders
- giant stock beans
- giant swallowtail
- ice giant planets
- pygmy giant panda
- fluted giant clams
- giant hermit crabs
- giant mouse lemurs
- giant peacock moth
- giant radio galaxy
- giant siphonophore
- giant swallowtails
- giant white radish
- pygmy giant pandas
- Asian giant hornets
- giant forest genets
- giant house spiders
- giant mesquite bugs
- giant peacock moths
- giant phantom jelly
- giant siphonophores
- giant walking stick
- pale giant squirrel
- Wallace's giant bee
- Amazon giant leeches
- Baoruco giant anoles
- black giant squirrel
- giant Pacific octopi
- giant radio galaxies
- giant walking sticks
- giant white radishes
- pale giant squirrels
- Argentine giant tegus
- black giant squirrels
- giant Pacific octopus
- giant phantom jellies
- Indian giant squirrel
- Japanese giant hornet
- northern giant hornet
- parallel giant slalom
Words that rhyme with giant
Questions about giant
- What does giant mean?
- Giant means a mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
- What is giant in Hindi?
- Giant in Hindi is दानव (dānav), देव (dev), दैत्य (daitya). See Giant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use giant in a sentence?
- Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.
- What part of speech is giant?
- Giant can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce giant?
- Giant is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/.
- What is the plural of giant?
- The plural of giant is giants.
Words near giant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: giant (page history and authors); Giant (page history and authors); giant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అతికాయుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഭീമൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); giant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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