Synonyms for giant
ˈdʒaɪ əntgi·ant

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1. giantadjective

   Synonyms:
   gigantic, vast, enormous, colossal, prodigious, immense

2. giantadjective

   Very large.

   Synonyms:
   immense, prodigious, colossal, enormous, vast, gigantic

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1. giantnoun

   any creature of exceptional size

   Synonyms:
   monster, heavyweight, whale, hulk, colossus, giant star, goliath, titan, behemoth

   Antonyms:
   small, little

2. colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titannoun

   a person of exceptional importance and reputation

   Synonyms:
   monster, heavyweight, whale, hulk, colossus, giant star, goliath, titan, behemoth

   Antonyms:
   little, small

3. giantnoun

   an unusually large enterprise

   "Walton built a retail giant"

   Synonyms:
   monster, heavyweight, whale, hulk, colossus, giant star, goliath, titan, behemoth

   Antonyms:
   little, small

4. giant, hulk, heavyweight, whalenoun

   a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

   Synonyms:
   monster, heavyweight, whale, hulk, colossus, giant star, goliath, titan, behemoth

   Antonyms:
   little, small

5. giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossusnoun

   someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

   Synonyms:
   devil, demon, monster, lusus naturae, teras, goliath, colossus, whale, titan, monstrosity, fiend, giant star, hulk, heavyweight, behemoth, ogre, freak

   Antonyms:
   small, little

6. giantnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   monster, heavyweight, whale, hulk, colossus, giant star, goliath, titan, behemoth

   Antonyms:
   little, small

7. giant star, giantadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   monster, heavyweight, whale, hulk, colossus, giant star, goliath, titan, behemoth

   Antonyms:
   little, small

8. elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumboadjective

   of great mass; huge and bulky

   "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

   Synonyms:
   jumbo, gargantuan, elephantine

   Antonyms:
   little, small

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Enterprise
   • Imaginary Being
   • Important Person

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. giantnoun

   Synonyms:
   monster, cyclops, colossus, hercules, huge man

2. giantadjective

   Synonyms:
   huge, GIGANTIC

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1. giantnoun

   Synonyms:
   colossus, monster, hercules, goliath, titan, cyclops, brobdingnagian, ogre

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1. List of paraphrases for "giant":

   gigante, géant, giants, reus, gigantic, magnate, huge, bellwether, enormous, jumbo, mega, mammoth, colossus, titan, redcedar, juggernaut, phat, mogul, awesome, immense, massive

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1. Chris Harto:

   It shuffles the deck as to who’s eligible, and then the deck will get shuffled again when this guidance comes out [in March], and it just makes a giant mess for consumers, and automakers, and dealers.

2. Isoroku Yamamoto, After Pearl Harbor, Japanese Admiral:

   I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

3. Kip Burgess:

   It really feels like they are throwing me under the bus to get back at the insurance company, these two giant corporations are fighting it out, and they don't really care about me in any shape or form.

4. Suidobashi CEO Kogoro Kurata:

   I won’t let another country win this – giant robots are Japanese culture.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   Climate change. Gun safety. Health care. On the face of it, these three are totally different issues. But despite our being the strongest and wealthiest country in the history of the world, our democracy is paralyzed, and why ? Because giant corporations have bought off our government.