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. Kim Katzenmeyer:

   He is a gentle giant. A big teddy bear, i wish there were a million more Waylons.

2. Siphiwe Sibeko/File PhotoPresident Cyril Ramaphosa:

   A giant of our revolutionary cultural movement and our democratic creative industries has been called to rest, the trombone that boomed with boldness and bravery, and equally warmed our hearts with mellow melody has lost its life force.

3. Thomas Carr:

   They've made a lot of announcements this [ past ] year, but there hasn't been a lot of concrete action, yes, there has been an investigation of [ e-cigarette giant ] Juul, but that hasn't led to a lot of meaningful policy change.

4. William Barr:

   The fact that we are an energy giant, potentially, and that we can have inexpensive energy here in the United States, that’s also relatively clean and natural gas, gives us so many advantages economically and promises to allow us to resume high-end manufacturing and so forth at lower cost then the rest of the world, and as we learned from COVID, it’s very important that we have here in United States the vital resources that we need and that we’re not dependent on other countries.

5. Jose Blanco:

   It seemed to take many by surprise during the recent fracas over iron ore pricing that China was negotiating directly with Brazilian iron ore giant Vale to build alternative supply.