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Giant

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Noun

1. giant

any creature of exceptional size

2. behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan

a person of exceptional importance and reputation

3. giant

an unusually large enterprise

Example Sentences:
'Walton built a retail giant'

4. giant, heavyweight, hulk, whale

a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

5. behemoth, colossus, giant, goliath, monster

someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

6. giant

an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales

7. giant, giant star

a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

Adjective

8. elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo

of great mass; huge and bulky

Example Sentences:
'a jumbo jet'
'jumbo shrimp'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Giant

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noun
1. 
a mythical figure of superhuman size and strength, esp in folklore or fairy tales
. Also (feminine): giantess (ˈdʒaɪəntɪs)
2. 
a person or thing of exceptional size, reputation, etc
a giant in nuclear physics
3. Greek mythology
any of the large and powerful offspring of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth) who rebelled against the Olympian gods but were defeated in battle
4. pathology
a person suffering from gigantism
5. astronomy giant star
6. mining another word for monitor (sense 8)
adjective
7. 
remarkably or supernaturally large
8. architecture another word for colossal

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Giant

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noun
1.  Greek Mythology
any of a race of huge beings of human form who war with the gods
2. 
any imaginary being of human form but of superhuman size and strength
3. 
a person or thing of great size, intellect, etc.
adjective
4. 
like a giant; of great size, strength, etc.

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Giant

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n.
1.
a. A person or thing of great size.
b. A person or thing of extraordinary power, significance, or importance: a giant in the field of physics; automotive industry giants.
2.
a. Greek Mythology One of a race of humanlike beings of enormous strength and stature who were destroyed in battle with the Olympians.
b. A being in folklore or myth similar to one of these beings.
3. A gymnastic maneuver in which the body is swung, fully extended, around a horizontal bar.
adj.
Marked by exceptionally great size, magnitude, or power: a giant wave; a giant impact.

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