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- [jahy-uh nt]
- /ˈdʒaɪ ənt/
- /ˈdʒaɪənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jahy-uh nt]
- /ˈdʒaɪ ənt/
Definitions of giant word
- noun giant (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc. 1
- noun giant a person or thing of unusually great size, power, importance, etc.; major figure; legend: a giant in her field; an intellectual giant. 1
- noun giant (often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of the Gigantes. 1
- noun giant Mining. monitor (def 12). 1
- noun giant Astronomy. giant star. 1
- adjective giant unusually large, great, or strong; gigantic; huge. 1
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Origin of giant
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English geant < Old French < Latin gigant- (stem of gigās) < Greek Gígās; replacing Old English gigant < Latin, as above
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Parts of speech for Giant
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
giant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
giant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for giant
noun giant
- titan — Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- behemoth — If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
- whopper — WarGames
- ogre — a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- colossus — If you describe someone or something as a colossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size.
adjective giant
- big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
- colossal — If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- enormous — very big
- gargantuan — gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task.
- gigantic — very large; huge: a gigantic statue.
Antonyms for giant
noun giant
- dwarf — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- midget — (not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
- runt — an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- nobody — a person of no importance, influence, or power.
adjective giant
- little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- miniscule — minuscule.
- minute — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- small — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
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