giant
any creature of exceptional size
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,533 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,690 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any creature of exceptional size
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation also: colossus, behemoth, heavyweight, titan
- an unusually large enterprise Walton built a retail giant
- a very large person; impressive in size or qualities also: hulk, heavyweight, whale
- someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful also: goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus
- an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
adjective
- of great mass; huge and bulky also: elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo a jumbo jetjumbo shrimp
giant in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He was hardly less than a giant in stature.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Then the Giant rose up and said, ‘Now come and I will reward you.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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He destroyed the eye of the cannibal giant, Polyphemus, a son of Poseidon, the God of the Sea.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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He stood on the snowy floor of a vast amphitheatre whose walls were the steep sides of the giant mountains.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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In my little cottage he seemed like a giant, six-foot-two, broad, and swart with the burning fire of tropical suns.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1