giant

Definition

  • noun: a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength
  • noun: a legendary creature usually thought of as being an extremely large and powerful person
  • adjective: very large
  • synonyms: colossal, gigantic, vast

Examples

  • The company has become a 'giant' of the automotive industry. [=it has become very large and successful]

  • a big baby who grew up to be a 'giant' of a man [=a very large man]

  • a 'giant' photograph/machine/wrestler

Movie quotes

  • (..) Now, I'm not going anywhere until you show yourself! I said, go away! Armed with the foreknowledge of my own death... ...I knew the giant couldn't kill me. All the same, I preferred to keep my bones unbroken. Why are you here? So you can eat me. The town decided to send (..)
    2003 Big Fish
  • (..) or quadruple its size." It occurred to me then that perhaps the reason for my growth... ...was that I was intended for larger things. After all, a giant man can't have an ordinary-sized life. As soon as my bones had settled in their adult configuration... ...I set upon my plan to make (..)
    2003 Big Fish