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

  • (..) Godzilla. The top of the primordial ecosystems, a God for all intents and purposes. A monster. Fifteen years ago, we found a fossil of another giant animal in the Philippines, like Godzilla. But this creature died long ago, killed by these. Parasitic spores. One dormant, but the other hatched, (..)
    2014 Godzilla
  • (..) No. This is much older. Hey, guys. You gotta see this. What is it? Some kind of egg? A giant's spore? The bones are fossilized, but this... this formation seems to be perfectly preserved. This one looks broken. Like something came out of it. (..)
    2014 Godzilla