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. James Kirkland:

   It's a very impressive discovery, as giant azhdarchid pterosaur bones are so thin and delicate and very few are found, particularly since they live in inland environments.

2. Tony Pandola:

   On this really beautiful, quiet farm there were six giant tour buses with their diesel engines running and a couple of minivans and taxis all waiting to have the same experience with the tobacco farmer.

3. Craig McClain:

   Near the wreckage and wellhead, many of the animals characteristic of other areas of the deep Gulf of Mexico, including sea cucumbers, giant isopods, glass sponges and whip corals, were absent, what we observed was a homogenous wasteland, in great contrast to the rich heterogeneity of life seen in a healthy deep sea.

4. Herbert Butterfield:

   But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness -- each system only too delighted to find that the other is wicked -- each only too glad that the sins give it the pretext for still deeper hatred and animosity.

5. Michael Bloomberg:

   This is a giant step forward in the work of achieving the goals that nations agreed to.