giant

Noun

1. A mythical human of very great size.
2. Specifically:
3. Specifically:
4. A very tall and large person.
5. A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
6. A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
7. An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
8. A very large organization.
9. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
10. A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.

Adj

Very large.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: geaunt

Cognate with French: géant

In summary

From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”) Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”).

Synonyms

huge

gigantic

enormous

demon

large

monster

colossus

colossal

jumbo

behemoth

ogre

immense

giant star

tremendous

massive

heavyweight

big

prodigious

big tree

ghost

👻

vast

astronomical

great man

great

hulk

hero

🦸‍♂️

goliath

whale

🐳

giantess

titan

devil

elephantine

gargantuan

fiend

strapper

big and tall

Brobdingnagian

hydraulic giant

hydraulic monitor

high-pressure water jet

giant tyre

Goliath

ettin

alpinist

beast

bulky

champion

extreme

gawky

gigantesque

Translations

géant

gigante

gigante

Riese

gegant

gigante

olbrzym

reus

γίγαντας

colosse

riesig

gigant

dev

colosso

Gigant

Sentences

The friendly giant bear waved goodbye .

A so-called " golden giant danio ", sometimes seen , is in reality a partial albino fish .