Translate giant | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of giant
noun
1 an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. an abnormally tall or large person, animal, or plant. a very large company or organization. a person of exceptional talent or qualities:a giant among sportsmen
2 Astronomy a star of relatively great size and luminosity compared to ordinary stars of the main sequence, and 10-100 times the diameter of the sun.
adjective
[attributive] of very great size or force; gigantic:giant multinational corporations a giant transport plane a giant meteorite used in names of very large animals and plants, e.g., giant hogweed, giant tortoise.
