giant

 
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒʌɪənt/

noun

  • 1an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.
  • an abnormally or extremely 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 meteorite
  • used in names of very large animals and plants, e.g. giant hogweed, giant tortoise.

Derivatives

giantlike

adjective

Origin:

Middle English geant (with the first syllable later influenced by Latin gigant-), from Old French, via Latin from Greek gigas, gigant-