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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Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Built to support much more weight than necessary (a safety precaution in the early days of skyscrapers), these giants’ steel frames are bolstered by thick masonry and interior walls.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 June 2025
In one shot, the former Philadelphia Eagles center, 37, posed with a giant pancake in his hands.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 6 June 2025
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Noun
While Apple is focusing on the education segment with its new ad, the Cupertino giant is also forming corporate partnerships that have contributed to its Mac growth.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Built to support much more weight than necessary (a safety precaution in the early days of skyscrapers), these giants’ steel frames are bolstered by thick masonry and interior walls.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Adjective
But the film makes too little a point of one giant forebear.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 June 2025
In one shot, the former Philadelphia Eagles center, 37, posed with a giant pancake in his hands.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 6 June 2025
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“Giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giant. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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