NOUN | animal | giant | any creature of exceptional size |
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person | giant, colossus, behemoth, heavyweight, titan | a person of exceptional importance and reputation | |
group | giant | an unusually large / large / large enterprise | |
person | giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale | a very large person | |
person | giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus | someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful | |
person | giant | an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength | |
object | giant, giant star | a very bright star of large diameter and low density / density (relative to the Sun) | |
ADJECTIVE | all | giant, elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo | of great mass |
Sounds | jhay'ahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | Of great mass; huge and bulky. | |
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Synonyms | elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo | |
Broader | large, big | Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
Spanish | descomunal, elefantino, enorme, gigante, gigantesco, grandioso, mastodóntico | |
Catalan | descomunal, gegant, gegantesc, gegantí, grandiós, immens, mastodòntic | |
Nouns | giant | any creature of exceptional size |
giant | someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful | |
giant | an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength | |
giant | a very large person |
Meaning | Any creature of exceptional size. | |
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Broader | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
Spanish | gigante | |
Catalan | gegant | |
Adjectives | giant | of great mass |
gigantic | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth |
Meaning | A person of exceptional importance and reputation. | |
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Synonyms | colossus, behemoth, heavyweight, titan | |
Broader | important person, influential person, personage | A person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
Spanish | coloso, figura, hombre de peso, monstruo, mujer de peso, titán | |
Catalan | colós, dona de pes, figura, home de pes, monstre, tità |
Meaning | An unusually large / large / large enterprise. | |
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Example | "Walton built a retail giant" | |
Broader | enterprise | An organization created for business ventures |
Spanish | gigante | |
Catalan | gegant | |
Adjectives | gigantic | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth |
Meaning | A very large person; impressive in size or qualities. | |
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Synonyms | hulk, heavyweight, whale | |
Broader | large person | A person of greater than average size |
Spanish | gigante, peso pesado | |
Catalan | gegant | |
Adjectives | giant | of great mass |
gigantic | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth |
Meaning | someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. | |
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Synonyms | goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus | |
Broader | anomaly, unusual person | A person who is unusual |
Spanish | coloso, gigante, titán | |
Catalan | colós, gegant, tità | |
Adjectives | giant | of great mass |
gigantic | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth |
Meaning | An imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales. | |
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Narrower | Argus | (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes |
Cyclops | (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead | |
Jotun, Jotunn | (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict / conflict with the Aesir | |
Mimir | (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards / guards the well of wisdom | |
giantess | A female giant | |
ogre | (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings | |
Broader | imaginary being, imaginary creature | A creature / creature of the imagination |
Spanish | gigante | |
Catalan | gegant | |
Adjectives | giant | of great mass |
gigantic | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth |
Meaning | A very bright star of large diameter and low density / density (relative to the Sun). | |
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Synonym | giant star | |
Instances | Arcturus | The 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes |
Capella | The brightest star in Auriga | |
Broader | star | (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior |
Spanish | estrella gigante |
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