adj
Meaning 1
Very large.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
giant
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/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/
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dialectal, nonstandard: /ˈd͡ʒaɪnt/
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Canada: /ˈd͡ʒʌɪ.ənt/
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Canada: /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/
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Ontario, nonstandard: [ˈd͡ʒəɪ̯(ə)nt]
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noun
Meaning 2
A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
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noun
Meaning 3
Specifically:
Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy, human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Specifically:
An eoten or jotun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy, human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A very tall and large person.
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noun
Meaning 6
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
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noun
Meaning 7
A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: giant star
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: star, celestial body
noun
Meaning 8
An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
A very large organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
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noun
Meaning 10
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
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noun
Meaning 11
A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 12
A player for the San Francisco Giants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 13
A player for the New York Giants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 14
A Gigas, a member of the Gigantes, a race of giants who defied the gods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 15
of great mass; huge and bulky
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a jumbo jet
- jumbo shrimp
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Synonyms: elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo
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noun
Meaning 16
any creature of exceptional size
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Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
noun
Meaning 17
an unusually large enterprise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Walton built a retail giant
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Broader terms: enterprise
noun
Meaning 18
a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: giant star
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Broader terms: star
Narrower terms: Arcturus, Capella
noun
Meaning 19
an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: imaginary being, imaginary creature
Narrower terms: Argus, Cyclops, giantess, ogre, Jotun, Jotunn, Mimir
noun
Meaning 20
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: colossus, behemoth, heavyweight, titan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: important person, influential person, personage
noun
Meaning 21
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anomaly, unusual person
noun
Meaning 22
a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hulk, heavyweight, whale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large person
History
Etymology
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”). Largely Displaced native Old English ent, eoten, and þyrs. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin ("a giant"), and thurse ("a giant").
Across languages
Translations
300 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: madheshtore — giant
- Armenian: հսկա (hska) — giant
- Armenian: վիթխարի (vitʻxari) — giant
- Armenian: աժդահա (aždaha) — giant
- Bengali: বিশাল (biśal) — giant
- Central Bikol: tandayag — giant
- Bulgarian: грама́ден (gramáden) — giant
- Bulgarian: гига́нтски (gigántski) — giant
- Catalan: gegant — giant
- Catalan: gegantí — giant
- Czech: obří — giant
- Czech: obrovský — giant
- Dutch: reusachtig — giant
- Dutch: reuzen- — giant
- Esperanto: giganta — giant
- Finnish: jättiläismäinen — giant
- Finnish: jättiläis- — giant
- Georgian: უზარმაზარი (uzarmazari) — giant
- Georgian: გიგანტური (giganṭuri) — giant
- German: riesig — giant
- German: gigantisch — giant
- Hindi: दिग्गज (diggaj) — giant
- Ido: giganta — giant
- Italian: colossale — giant
- Italian: gigantesco — giant
- Kabuverdianu: jiganti — giant
- Latvian: milzīgs — giant
- Latvian: gigantisks — giant
- Macedonian: џи́новски (džínovski) — giant
- Macedonian: ги́гантски (gígantski) — giant
- Macedonian: о́громен (ógromen) — giant
- Māori: hītawe — giant
- Māori: hītawetawe — giant
- Old English: entisċ — giant
- Polish: gigantyczny — giant
- Portuguese: gigante — giant
- Portuguese: gigantesco — giant
- Rapa Nui: nui nui — giant
- Romanian: uriaș — giant
- Russian: гига́нтский (gigántskij) — giant
- Russian: огро́мный (ogrómnyj) — giant
- Slovene: ogromen — giant
- Slovene: orjaški — giant
- Slovene: gromozanski — giant
- Slovene: velikanski — giant
- Spanish: gigantesco — giant
- Swedish: jättelik — giant
- Swedish: enorm — giant
- Swedish: jättestor — giant
- Tagalog: dambuhala — giant
- Tagalog: higante — giant
- Tagalog: tandayag — giant
- Turkish: dev — giant
- Turkish: devasa — giant
- Unami: xinkw- — giant
- Volapük: gianagretik — giant
- Abkhaz: аиныжә (ajnəẑw) — mythical human
- Abkhaz: адау (adaw) — mythical human
- Afrikaans: reus — mythical human
- Albanian: katallaj — mythical human
- Albanian: gjigant — mythical human
- Arabic: عِمْلَاق (ʕimlāq) — mythical human
- Arabic: عِملاق (ʕimlāq, ʕimlāg) — mythical human
- Armenian: հսկա (hska) — mythical human
- Armenian: աժդահա (aždaha) — mythical human
- Old Armenian: հսկայ (hskay) — mythical human
- Old Armenian: սկայ (skay) — mythical human
- Azerbaijani: nəhəng — mythical human
- Azerbaijani: pəhləvan — mythical human
- Azerbaijani: div — mythical human
- Belarusian: веліка́н (vjelikán) — mythical human
- Belarusian: гіга́нт (hihánt) — mythical human
- Belarusian: во́лат (vólat) — mythical human
- Bengali: দৈত্য (dōitto) — mythical human
- Central Bikol: tandayag — mythical human
- Bulgarian: велика́н (velikán) — mythical human
- Bulgarian: гига́нт (gigánt) — mythical human
- Catalan: gegant — mythical human
- Cherokee: ᏧᎵᎧᎷ (tsulikalu) — mythical human
- Cherokee: ᏧᎵᎦᎳ (tsuligala) — mythical human
- Chinese Cantonese: 巨人 (geoi6 jan4) — mythical human
- Chinese Mandarin: 巨人 (jùrén) — mythical human
- Ngazidja Comorian: djindru — mythical human
- Coptic: ⲁⲫⲱⲫ (aphōph) — mythical human
- Czech: obr — mythical human
- Danish: kæmpe — mythical human
- Dutch: reus — mythical human
- Esperanto: giganto — mythical human
- Estonian: hiiglane — mythical human
- Faroese: risi — mythical human
- Finnish: jättiläinen — mythical human
- Finnish: jätti — mythical human
- French: géant — mythical human
- Old French: gaiant — mythical human
- Old French: jaiant — mythical human
- North Frisian: Riis — mythical human
- Galician: xigante — mythical human
- Georgian: ბუმბერაზი (bumberazi) — mythical human
- Georgian: გოლიათი (goliati) — mythical human
- Georgian: დევი (devi) — mythical human
- German: Riese — mythical human
- German: Riesin — mythical human
- German: Gigant — mythical human
- German: Gigantin — mythical human
- Greek: γίγαντας (gígantas) — mythical human
- Ancient Greek: γίγας (gígas) — mythical human
- Hebrew: עֲנָק (anák) — mythical human
- Hebrew: נָפִיל (nafíl) — mythical human
- Hindi: दानव (dānav) — mythical human
- Hindi: देव (dev) — mythical human
- Hindi: दैत्य (daitya) — mythical human
- Hungarian: óriás — mythical human
- Icelandic: risi — mythical human
- Ido: giganto — mythical human
- Indonesian: gergasi — mythical human
- Indonesian: raksasa — mythical human
- Irish: fathach — mythical human
- Irish: arracht — mythical human
- Old Irish: aithech — mythical human
- Italian: gigante — mythical human
- Italian: colosso — mythical human
- Japanese: 巨人 (kyojin) — mythical human
- Kabuverdianu: jiganti — mythical human
- Kanakanabu: tiipari — mythical human
- Kazakh: алып (alyp) — mythical human
- Khmer: យក្ស (yĕək) — mythical human
- Khmer: កុម្ពណ្ឌ (kompŭən) — mythical human
- Korean: 거인 (geoin) — mythical human
- Northern Kurdish: dêw — mythical human
- Kyrgyz: дөө (döö) — mythical human
- Kyrgyz: алп (alp) — mythical human
- Lao: ຍັກ (nyak) — mythical human
- Latin: gigas — mythical human
- Latvian: milzis — mythical human
- Latvian: milze — mythical human
- Latvian: gigants — mythical human
- Lithuanian: milžinas — mythical human
- Luhya: okundu — mythical human
- Macedonian: џин (džin) — mythical human
- Macedonian: ги́гант (gígant) — mythical human
- Malay: gergasi — mythical human
- Malay: raksasa — mythical human
- Manx: foawr — mythical human
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjempe — mythical human
- Occitan: gigant — mythical human
- Old English: ent — mythical human
- Old English: gīgant — mythical human
- Pashto: دېب (deb) — mythical human
- Pashto: دېو (dew) — mythical human
- Dari: غُول (ġūl) — mythical human
- Iranian Persian: غول (ġul) — mythical human
- Pijin: jaean — mythical human
- Plautdietsch: Ries — mythical human
- Polish: olbrzym — mythical human
- Polish: gigant — mythical human
- Polish: wielkolud — mythical human
- Portuguese: gigante — mythical human
- Romanian: uriaș — mythical human
- Romanian: gigant — mythical human
- Russian: велика́н (velikán) — mythical human
- Russian: исполи́н (ispolín) — mythical human
- Russian: гига́нт (gigánt) — mythical human
- Russian: тита́н (titán) — mythical human
- Russian: ве́лет (vélet) — mythical human
- Russian: во́лот (vólot) — mythical human
- Scottish Gaelic: famhair — mythical human
- Serbo-Croatian: ди̏в — mythical human
- Serbo-Croatian: го̏роста̄с — mythical human
- Serbo-Croatian: орѝја̄ш — mythical human
- Serbo-Croatian: dȉv — mythical human
- Serbo-Croatian: gȍrostās — mythical human
- Serbo-Croatian: orìjāš — mythical human
- Slovak: obor — mythical human
- Slovene: velikan — mythical human
- Slovene: orjak — mythical human
- Sotho: seqhobane — mythical human
- Spanish: gigante — mythical human
- Swahili: jitu — mythical human
- Swedish: jätte — mythical human
- Tagalog: higante — mythical human
- Tajik: девпайкар (devpaykar) — mythical human
- Tajik: ғул (ġul) — mythical human
- Taos: tʼòyłóna — mythical human
- Thai: ยักษ์ (yák) — mythical human
- Thai: ไจแอนต์ — mythical human
- Turkish: dev — mythical human
- Ukrainian: ве́летень (véletenʹ) — mythical human
- Ukrainian: ве́лет (vélet) — mythical human
- Ukrainian: гіга́нт (hihánt) — mythical human
- Urdu: دیوْ (dev) — mythical human
- Uyghur: پالۋان (palwan) — mythical human
- Uyghur: گىگانت (gigant) — mythical human
- Uzbek: pahlavon — mythical human
- Uzbek: gigant — mythical human
- Vietnamese: người khổng lồ — mythical human
- Volapük: gianan — mythical human
- Volapük: higianan — mythical human
- Volapük: jigianan — mythical human
- Welsh: cawr — mythical human
- Yiddish: לאַגראַן (lagran) — mythical human
- Yiddish: האַמאַן (haman) — mythical human
- Yiddish: ריז (riz) — mythical human
- Afrikaans: reus — Greek mythological creature
- Azerbaijani: nəhəng — Greek mythological creature
- Bulgarian: тита́н (titán) — Greek mythological creature
- Catalan: gegant — Greek mythological creature
- Czech: gigant — Greek mythological creature
- Estonian: gigant — Greek mythological creature
- Finnish: gigantti — Greek mythological creature
- Galician: xigante — Greek mythological creature
- Georgian: გიგანტი (giganṭi) — Greek mythological creature
- German: Gigant — Greek mythological creature
- Greek: γίγας (gígas) — Greek mythological creature
- Ancient Greek: γίγας (gígas) — Greek mythological creature
- Italian: gigante — Greek mythological creature
- Latvian: gigants — Greek mythological creature
- Macedonian: ти́тан (títan) — Greek mythological creature
- Marathi: जायंट (jāyaṇṭa) — Greek mythological creature
- Occitan: gigant — Greek mythological creature
- Polish: gigant — Greek mythological creature
- Portuguese: gigante — Greek mythological creature
- Russian: гига́нт (gigánt) — Greek mythological creature
- Russian: тита́н (titán) — Greek mythological creature
- Slovak: gigant — Greek mythological creature
- Sotho: seqhobane — Greek mythological creature
- Spanish: gigante — Greek mythological creature
- Tagalog: higante — Greek mythological creature
- Turkish: gigant — Greek mythological creature
- Turkish: dev — Greek mythological creature
- Afrikaans: reus — very tall person
- Albanian: vigan — very tall person
- Armenian: հսկա (hska) — very tall person
- Bulgarian: велика́н (velikán) — very tall person
- Bulgarian: ко́лос (kólos) — very tall person
- Catalan: gegant — very tall person
- Czech: obr — very tall person
- Dutch: reus — very tall person
- Dutch: reuzin — very tall person
- Esperanto: altulo — very tall person
- Faroese: risi — very tall person
- Finnish: jättiläinen — very tall person
- French: géant — very tall person
- Galician: xigante — very tall person
- Galician: cachimán — very tall person
- Georgian: აყლაყუდა (aq̇laq̇uda) — very tall person
- Georgian: გიგანტი (giganṭi) — very tall person
- German: Riese — very tall person
- German: Riesin — very tall person
- German: Hüne — very tall person
- German: Hünin — very tall person
- Hebrew: עֲנָק (anák) — very tall person
- Icelandic: risi — very tall person
- Indonesian: raksasa — very tall person
- Italian: gigante — very tall person
- Japanese: 巨人 (kyojin) — very tall person
- Kabuverdianu: jiganti — very tall person
- Korean: 거인 (geoin) — very tall person
- Latvian: milzis — very tall person
- Latvian: milze — very tall person
- Latvian: milzenis — very tall person
- Latvian: milzene — very tall person
- Latvian: gigants — very tall person
- Luhya: kukundu — very tall person
- Macedonian: џин (džin) — very tall person
- Macedonian: ко́лос (kólos) — very tall person
- Māori: hītawe — very tall person
- Occitan: gigant — very tall person
- Polish: olbrzym — very tall person
- Polish: wielkolud — very tall person
- Portuguese: gigante — very tall person
- Russian: велика́н (velikán) — very tall person
- Russian: верзи́ла (verzíla) — very tall person
- Serbo-Croatian: ди̏в — very tall person
- Serbo-Croatian: го̏роста̄с — very tall person
- Serbo-Croatian: dȉv — very tall person
- Serbo-Croatian: gȍrostās — very tall person
- Slovene: velikan — very tall person
- Slovene: orjak — very tall person
- Spanish: gigante — very tall person
- Swahili: njemba — very tall person
- Swedish: jätte — very tall person
- Bulgarian: гига́нт (gigánt) — luminous star
- Catalan: gegant — luminous star
- Chinese Mandarin: 巨星 (jùxīng) — luminous star
- Czech: obr — luminous star
- Finnish: jättiläinen — luminous star
- Finnish: jättiläistähti — luminous star
- Georgian: გიგანტი (giganṭi) — luminous star
- German: Riese — luminous star
- Icelandic: risastjarna — luminous star
- Icelandic: risi — luminous star
- Irish: fathach — luminous star
- Italian: gigante — luminous star
- Kazakh: алып (alyp) — luminous star
- Latvian: milzis — luminous star
- Macedonian: џин (džin) — luminous star
- Polish: olbrzym — luminous star
- Portuguese: gigante — luminous star
- Russian: гига́нт (gigánt) — luminous star
- Spanish: gigante — luminous star
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