plural giants
1
: a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength
2
a
: a living being of great size
b
: a person of extraordinary powers
3
: something unusually large or powerful
4
astronomy
: a star of high luminosity and relatively great mass and size
a red giant
As it exhausts its hydrogen fuel, changes in its interior trigger a transformation from a blue giant to a yellow supergiant in only a few hundred thousand years.—
James B. Kaler
compare dwarf sense 4a, supergiant
James B. Kaler
: having extremely large size, proportion, or power
Examples of giant in a Sentence
Noun
the land of the giants
the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders
Adjective
a giant-size box of detergent
the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old
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Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The move, if confirmed, could spell trouble for the aerospace giant, already battling production delays and financial difficulties following a turbulent 2024—a year that saw its second-largest annual net loss of $11.8 billion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Potential Risks: An MRI machine is, at its core, a giant magnet, and therefore the highest risk potential of receiving a scan is making sure there isn’t any metal in or on your body.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
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Noun
As a result, system integration is where a lot of innovation is happening with startups and other companies besides tech giants.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
The move, if confirmed, could spell trouble for the aerospace giant, already battling production delays and financial difficulties following a turbulent 2024—a year that saw its second-largest annual net loss of $11.8 billion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Volunteers stirred giant pots of steaming lentils one recent afternoon as people formed a line to receive their portions.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Potential Risks: An MRI machine is, at its core, a giant magnet, and therefore the highest risk potential of receiving a scan is making sure there isn’t any metal in or on your body.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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giant
1 of 2 noun
gi·ant
ˈjī-ənt 
1
: a very large and strong being of legend
2
: a person or thing that is very large or powerful
giant
2 of 2 adjective
: much larger or more powerful than ordinary
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