giant (redirected from giantlike)

gi·ant  (jnt)

n.

1.

a. A person or thing of great size.

b. A person or thing of extraordinary power, significance, or importance: a giant in the field of physics; automotive industry giants.

2.

a. Greek Mythology One of a race of humanlike beings of enormous strength and stature who were destroyed in battle with the Olympians.

b. A being in folklore or myth similar to one of these beings.

adj.

Marked by exceptionally great size, magnitude, or power: a giant wave; a giant impact.

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[Middle English, from Old French geant, jaiant, from Vulgar Latin *gags, *gagant-, from Latin gigs, from Greek.]

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giant

Noun

1. a mythical figure of superhuman size and strength

2. a person or thing of exceptional size, ability, or importance: industrial giants

Adjective

1. remarkably large

2. (of an atom or ion or its structure) having large numbers of particles present in a crystal lattice, with each particle exerting a strong force of attraction on those near to it [Greek gigas]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	giant - any creature of exceptional size     animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
	2.	giant - a person of exceptional importance and reputation titan, behemoth, colossus, heavyweight important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
	3.	giant - an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant" enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader"
	4.	giant - a very large person; impressive in size or qualities hulk, whale, heavyweight large person - a person of greater than average size
	5.	giant - someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
	6.	giant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction 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
	7.	giant - a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) giant star star - (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
Adj.	1.	giant - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

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giant

adjective 1. huge, great, large, vast, enormous, extensive, tremendous, immense, titanic, jumbo (informal) gigantic, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal) prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, ginormous (informal) Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous U.S. (slang) << OPPOSITE tiny

noun 2. ogre, monster, titan, colossus, leviathan, behemoth

Translations

giant [ˈdʒaɪənt] n → gigante m/f

adj → gigantesco, gigante;

giant (size) packet → paquete m (de tamaño gigante or familiar

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giant [ˈdʒaɪənt] n → géant(e)

adj → géant(e) → énorme;

giant (size) packet → paquet géant

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giant [ˈdʒaɪənt] n (also fig) → Riese m

adj → riesig, riesenhaft;

giant (size) packet → Riesenpackung f

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giant [ˈdʒaɪənt] n → gigante/essa

adj → gigante, enorme;

giant (size) packet → confezione f gigante

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giant

n giant [ˈdʒaiənt]

1 (in fairy stories etc) a huge person Jack met a giant when he climbed the beanstalk. reus مارِد великан obr kæmpe; gigant der Riese, die Riesin γίγαντας gigante; giganta hiiglane غول jättiläinen géant/-ante ענק दैत्य div óriás raksasa risi gigante 大男 [] 거인 milžinas milzis gergasi reus kjempe, gigant olbrzym gigante uriaş великан obor velikan džin jätte ยักษ์ dev 巨人 велетень, гігант دیو người khổng lồ 巨人

2 a person of unusually great height and size. reus عِمْلاق гигант obr kæmpe der Riese μεγαλόσωμος άνθρωπος, γίγαντας (μτφ.) gigante; giganta hiiglane آدم غول پیکر jättiläinen géant/-ante ענק भीमकाय व्यक्ति div óriás raksasa risi gigante 巨人 거구 milžinas milzis gergasi reus kjempe olbrzym gigante gigant великан obor velikan div jätte คนที่ร่างกายใหญ่โตผิดปกติ iri yarı kişi, dev gibi biri 大漢 велетень غیر معمولی طور پر بڑا شخص người phi thường 大汉

3 a person of very great ability or importance Einstein is one of the giants of twentieth-century science. reus شَخْص عِمْلاق، عَظيم جدا колос obr gigant; kapacitet das Genie κολοσσός (μτφ.) gigante, as; giganta, as (vaimu)hiiglane انسان بزرگ jättiläinen géant/-ante “ ענק” उच्च क्षमता वाला व्यक्ति velikan óriás raksasa stórmenni gigante 偉人 거장 didis žmogus gara milzis gergasi reus åndsgigant gigant gigante titan гигант obor velikan velikan gigant, intellektuell (andlig) bjässe คนที่มีความสามารถ deha, dâhi 偉人，天才 велетень غیر معمولی صلایحتوں والا شخص thiên tài 伟人，天才

adj

of unusually great height or size a giant cod; a giant fern. reus ضَخْم огромен obrovský, obří gigantisk; kæmpe; kæmpe- riesig γιγαντιαίος gigante, gigantesco, descomunal hiigel- بسیار بزرگ jätti(läis)- géant ענקי बहुत बड़ा divovski óriási raksasa risa- gigante, gigantesco 巨大な 거대한 milžiniškas milzīgs; gigantisks gergasi reusachtig, reuzen- kjempe-, kjempestor olbrzymi gigante gigantic громадный obrovský velikanski džinovski jättelik, väldig, gigantisk มหึมา çok büyük, dev gibi 巨大的 велетенський, гігантський دیو قامت khổng lồ 巨大的