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

  • (..) that shithole that you came from. -Cassius, please! Please, Cassius! Gladiator, are you the one they call the Spaniard? - Yes. - They said you were a giant. They said you could crush a man's skull with one hand. A man's? No. A boy's. - They have good horses in Spain? (..)
    2000 Gladiator
  • (..) that warm in the sun. A kitchen garden that smells of herbs in the day, jasmine in the evening. Through the gate is a giant poplar. Figs, apples, pears. The soil, Marcus- black. - Black like my wife's hair. Grapes on the south slopes, (..)
    2000 Gladiator