'Giant' definitions:
Definition of 'giant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" [syn: elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo]
noun
Any creature of exceptional size
noun
A person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan]
noun
An unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant"
noun
noun
Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus]
noun
An imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
noun
A very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) [syn: giant star, giant]
Definition of 'Giant'
From: GCIDE
- Giant \Gi"ant\, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. [1913 Webster]
- Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.
- Giant clam (Zool.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water.
- Giant heron (Zool.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega goliath}). It is the largest heron known.
- Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.
- Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.
- Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds.
- Giant salamander (Zool.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
- Giant squid (Zool.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Giant'
From: GCIDE
- Giant \Gi"ant\, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. g['e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E. gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. [1913 Webster]
- Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. [1913 Webster]
- Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'giant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysmal,
- Amazon,
- amazon,
- Antaeus,
- astronomic,
- Atlantean,
- Atlas,
- bean pole,
- behemoth,
- Briareus,
- Brobdingnagian,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- Charles Atlas,
- colossal,
- colossus,
- Cyclopean,
- cyclopean,
- cyclops,
- Cyclops,
- elephantine,
- enormous,
- epic,
- gangling,
- gangly,
- Gargantua,
- gargantuan,
- Gargantuan,
- giantlike,
- gigantic,
- Goliath,
- gorilla,
- grenadier,
- gross,
- Herculean,
- Hercules,
- heroic,
- Homeric,
- huge,
- hulking,
- immense,
- infinite,
- jumbo,
- lank,
- lanky,
- leggy,
- lengthy,
- leviathan,
- long,
- long-legged,
- longlegs,
- longshanks,
- mammoth,
- mighty,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- muscle man,
- ogre,
- Orion,
- Polyphemus,
- powerhouse,
- prodigious,
- profound,
- rangy,
- Samson,
- seven-footer,
- stalwart,
- statuesque,
- strong man,
- strong-arm man,
- stupendous,
- superhuman,
- Superman,
- tall,
- Tarzan,
- the mighty,
- the strong,
- titan,
- Titan,
- titanic,
- tough,
- tough guy,
- tower of strength,
- towering,
- tremendous,
- vast,
- whale
Words containing 'Giant'
- Giantly,
- giants,
- Giant cell,
- Giant clam,
- Giant fennel,
- Giant heron,
- Giant kettle,
- Giant petrel,
- Giant powder,
- Giant puffball,
- Giant salamander,
- Giant squid,
- Giant stork,
- Giant's Causeway,
- gas giant,
- giant anteater,
- giant armadillo,
- giant bamboo,
- giant buttercup,
- giant cane,
- giant chinkapin,
- giant cockroach,
- giant conch,
- giant coreopsis,
- giant crab,
- giant eland,
- giant fern,
- giant fir,
- giant foxtail,
- giant fulmar,
- giant garlic,
- giant granadilla,
- giant helleborine,
- giant hives,
- giant hornet,
- giant hyssop,
- giant kangaroo,
- giant kingfisher,
- giant lizard,
- giant moa,
- giant panda,
- giant perch,
- giant pigfish,
- giant reed,
- giant ryegrass,
- giant scallop,
- giant schnauzer,
- giant seaperch,
- giant sequoia,
- giant silkworm,
- giant star,
- giant sunflower,
- giant taro,
- giant tortoise,
- giant willowherb,
- little giant,
- red giant,
- Jack the Giant Killer,
- giant northwest shipworm,
- giant potato creeper,
- giant red paintbrush,
- giant scrambling fern,
- giant silkworm moth,
- giant star grass,
- giant stock bean,
- giant timber bamboo,
- giant water bug,
- pacific giant salamander,
- red giant star,
- yellow giant hyssop