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giant

DEFINITIONS OF: giant

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n any creature of exceptional size

Type of:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

n a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

Synonyms:
heavyweight, hulk, whale
Type of:
large person
a person of greater than average size

n someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

Synonyms:
behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster
Type of:
anomaly, unusual person
a person who is unusual

n an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales

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Argus
(Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes
Cyclops
(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
giantess
a female giant
ogre
(folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
Jotun, Jotunn
(Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir
Mimir
(Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom
ogress
(folklore) a female ogre
Type of:
imaginary being, imaginary creature
a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction

n a person of exceptional importance and reputation

Synonyms:
behemoth, colossus, heavyweight, titan
Type of:
important person, influential person, personage
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

n an unusually large enterprise

“Walton built a retail giant”
Type of:
enterprise
an organization created for business ventures

n a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

Synonyms:
giant star
Examples:
Arcturus
the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth
Capella
the brightest star in Auriga
Type of:
star
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

adj of great mass; huge and bulky

Synonyms:
elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo
big, large
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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