Synonyms for giant

Most common

monster · colossus · titan · behemoth · whale · hulk

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Adjective

Antonyms

dwarf, pygmy, midget

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.

2. n. 2

   Specifically: Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.

3. adj. 1

   Very large.

Related words

Word family

giantesque giantize giant-killer giantship

Phrases

giant panda giant sequoia giant cane giant butterbur nettle-leaf giant hyssop giant periwinkle giant stock bean giant reed

Is a kind of

star celestial body

Forms

Plural

giants → monsters, colossuses, titans, behemoths…

Example sentences

• monster One who is blinded by love admires even a monster.
• titan Chach is vacationing on Titan, a moon of Saturn.
• colossus The United States is a colossus with feet of clay.
• behemoth China transformed from a poor country into an industrial behemoth.
• cyclops How many eyes had the Cyclops?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

big¹

4 letters

huge¹, vast¹, hulk¹, ogre²

5 letters

large¹, whale¹, titan², macro², jumbo²

7 letters

massive², monster², immense², mammoth², goliath³, cyclops²

8 letters

enormous³, gigantic³, colossal³, colossus³, behemoth³

9 letters

leviathan⁴

10 letters

prodigious³, gargantuan⁴

11 letters

heavyweight³, elephantine⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ogre² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

géant

Español

gigante

Deutsch

riesig