giant Definition

giant
noun

1. In stories: a huge, extremely strong, often cruel creature of human form.
2. colloq
An unusually large person or animal.
Thesaurus: monster, behemoth, titan, leviathan, colossus, Goliath, Hercules.
3. A person, group, etc of exceptional ability, importance or size.

Example: corporate giants

adj

1. colloq
Huge.
Example: giant portions
Thesaurus: large, huge, colossal, gigantic, gargantuan, jumbo, monstrous, vast, enormous, immense, mammoth, leviathan, prodigious, titanic, elephantine; Antonym: tiny, minuscule.
2. Belonging to a particularly large species, in implied contrast to smaller ones.

Example: giant tortoise

Derivative: giantess
noun

A female giant.

Etymology: 13c: from Greek gigas.