giant
noun
[ ˈdʒʌɪənt ]
• an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.
Similar:
colossus,
man mountain,
behemoth,
Brobdingnagian,
mammoth,
leviathan,
monster,
monstrosity,
ogre,
jumbo,
• a star of relatively great size and luminosity compared to ordinary stars of the main sequence, and 10–100 times the diameter of the sun.
giant
adjective
• of very great size or force; gigantic.
• "giant multinational corporations"
Similar:
huge,
colossal,
massive,
enormous,
gigantic,
very big,
very large,
great,
mammoth,
vast,
immense,
tremendous,
mighty,
stupendous,
monumental,
epic,
prodigious,
mountainous,
monstrous,
titanic,
towering,
elephantine,
king-sized,
king-size,
gargantuan,
Herculean,
Brobdingnagian,
substantial,
extensive,
hefty,
bulky,
weighty,
heavy,
gross,
mega,
monster,
whopping,
whopping great,
thumping,
thumping great,
humongous,
jumbo,
hulking,
bumper,
astronomical,
astronomic,
whacking,
whacking great,
ginormous,
Origin:
Middle English geant (with the first syllable later influenced by Latin gigant- ), from Old French, via Latin from Greek gigas, gigant- .
