as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders
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as in gigantic
unusually large
the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old
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Recent Examples of giant
Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
But the Terps have largely been uncompetitive against the Big Ten giants.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
She’s accompanied by Cosmo, a robot with a giant cartoon head and the soulful eyes of someone—or something—that might be more than just a machine.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Trombetta never sent cease and desist letters to the two giants in the sports betting industry: FanDuel and DraftKings.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
But the Terps have largely been uncompetitive against the Big Ten giants.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Related article America’s automakers aren’t rushing to move production to US factories to avoid tariffs
The North American car industry has operated for decades as if the continent is one giant country, thanks to free trade agreements signed by US presidents from Bill Clinton to Trump himself.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
She’s accompanied by Cosmo, a robot with a giant cartoon head and the soulful eyes of someone—or something—that might be more than just a machine.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant
Noun
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When krill numbers fell again, so did the whales’ songs.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2025
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After dealing with whales and black swans and two of every creature on Noah’s Ark, Darren Aronofsky is going back to the animal kingdom for his next film.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Then try Wilmot’s Warehouse, a strangely cheerful take on working in a gigantic storage warehouse.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Explaining this, the paper proposes that the gigantic impact which formed the roughly 1,600 mile (2,500 kilometers) wide SPA basin around 4.2 billion years ago modified the chemical and physical properties of the moon's mantle in this region.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Smaller dinosaurs and other creatures were caught in the mud, unable to escape.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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For this study, the team used a similar technique to the one used to reconstruct dinosaur coloration.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Last year saw a huge uptick in tornadoes later in the spring and activity continued through December, with nearly 2,000 tornado reports in total.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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More: Top Armed Services Republican and Democrat call for independent probe of Hegseth and Signal leak The retired lieutenant colonel said Hegseth appeared to have added real time updates from a secure Defense Department messaging system – a huge breach of security.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fing turns out to be as much as a destructive monster as Myrtle, who in turn, has to battle it out with the evil animal park owner, The Viscount, who is determined to own this rarest of creatures.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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Fing turns out to be as much as a destructive monster as Myrtle, who in turn, must battle it out with the evil animal park owner, The Viscount (Waititi), who is determined to own this rarest of creatures.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Last weekend's enormous storm spun 100 tornadoes so far confirmed by the National Weather Service, which is still conducting surveys.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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The property also comes with an enormous 5,282 square feet of garage space and 2,295 square feet of covered porches and loggias.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Engineering The Woolly Mouse—A Mammoth Gene Experiment Bringing back the mammoth is no simple task.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Shapiro and her colleagues started by trying to identify the genes responsible for making mammoths distinctive.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The environmental policy pivot by the Trump administration also has massive implications for the country’s ability to compete in the fast-growing global market for clean energy.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Canucks had reeled off a couple of massive wins to leapfrog the Calgary Flames and reclaim the final wild-card spot.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giant. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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