giant
A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
Other meanings
Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
An eoten or jotun.
A kind of
- animal
Related words
- Aphrodite Giant
- bright giant
- Easter giant
- giant kill
- frost giant
- gas giant
- friendly giant
- gentle giant
- giantdom
- giantesque
- gianthood
- giantin
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "γίγας".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “giant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.