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noun

ˈjī-ənt How to pronounce giant (audio)
Definition of giantnext
as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders

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giant

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adjective

as in gigantic
unusually large the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old

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Recent Examples of giant
Noun
Retailers like discount giant Walmart, for example, has publicly committed to using tariff refunds for customer price cuts rather than absorbing them into profit margins or using them solely to offset other costs. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 Chinese startups and tech giants are spending billions to keep up. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
Katharina Fritsch’s giant sculpture Rat-King (1993) refers to the strange phenomenon of a group of rodents getting bound together through an accidental intertwining of their tails. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The Pirates also return RB Neke Letuli, who rushed for 1,154 yards, and have two giant linemen in Michigan commit Lincoln Mageo and Spartan Laie. — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for giant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant
  1. whale
  2. gigantic
  3. dinosaur
  4. huge
  5. monster
  6. enormous
  7. mammoth
  8. vast
Noun
  • His job included photographing whale tails to identify individual animals and monitor their movements.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The three whales relocated to San Diego will raise the park’s number of belugas to six.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of whale
Adjective
  • Kneeling beside the fallen buck, Charles, an avid trophy bowhunter, ran his hands over the gigantic rack.
    — Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Lakes Mead and Powell, which are essentially one gigantic reservoir separated by the Grand Canyon, hold just under 60% of the total watercurrently stored in the Colorado River basin.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of gigantic
Noun
  • Hathaway plays a suburban mom whose neighborhood is suddenly and mysteriously transported from 1982 to prehistoric times, putting family and neighbors at the mercy of hungry dinosaurs.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The real end of Oak Street comes not from the feet and chompers of the dinosaurs but from a moviemaker who revives the idyllic 1980s only to desecrate them with wokeness.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dinosaur
Adjective
  • But even when care is available, stigma can still present a huge barrier.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Fifth Round - Romero 10-9 (Lopez 49-46) Romero opened a huge gash over Lopez’s eye with a left hook and then nearly dropped him with a right hand.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of huge
Noun
  • Trying to clear his name, Eddie Brock is hunted by a monster sent by the creator of the symbiotes, only to uncover a secret operation in Area 51 to harvest the creatures and exploit them.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The league is hurtling toward an ugly lockout, with owners preparing to cry poverty and demand a hard salary cap to stop the spending monster in Southern California.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of monster
Adjective
  • Tucker is being counted on as a middle-of-the-order presence, but the enormous contract has made every prolonged downturn more difficult to ignore.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers argue that the enormous cliff system triggered prolonged erosion that stripped away vast amounts of rock and helped expose some of North America’s oldest geological formations.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of enormous
Noun
  • The site preserves the remains of Columbian mammoths and offers a look at Ice Age life in Texas.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of mammoth
Adjective
  • The Mexican navy searched a vast area of the Pacific Ocean by sea and air, eventually finding the two men floating in a large fishing cooler about 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, a southern state in Mexico that borders Guatemala.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Masanori Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP Hiraguchi cited surveys showing the vast majority of Japanese supporting the death penalty as an unavoidable option.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
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