GIANTS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

giants

noun

plural of giant

as in whales

something that is unusually large and powerful the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders

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Recent Examples of giants As legislation is introduced at a record pace, shifting political views are driving more proposals that seek to restrict the tech giants. — Chris Hacker, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026 Nightly swarms of drones closed Russian airports, struck oil refineries or set ablaze the warehouses of retail giants Wildberries and Ozon. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Tech giants like Google have made similar moves in recent years. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Critics say these giants concentrate economic power and starve startups of capital and oxygen in Asia’s innovation race. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Online sportsbook giants like DraftKings and FanDuel have seen their stock values fall sharply in the last year. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 The most rewarding part has been witnessing the power of Manoj and Boman – two giants of cinema – working together for the first time in this film. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 The battle for Charlotte’s wealth Charlotte’s hometown banking giants like Truist and Bank of America, as well as San Francisco’s Wells Fargo, are competing with aggressive out-of-state newcomers to capture clients. — Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026 This is important because gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn have vast atmospheres. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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Noun

In July, Shedd said it had been asked to help rehome up to 10 beluga whales because of its experience caring for belugas and its specialized habitats.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
The knowledge center aims to help people understand our relationship with whales and their natural habitat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of whales

Noun

For years, the museum was a place for education and numerous exhibits open to the public, including over 30 dinosaurs and Mesozoic reptiles in the museum's Dinosaur Hall.

— Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Connect The Dots Of A Nontraditional Career Path Cover letters can be dinosaurs or game changers.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

Noun

There will be no B-movie monsters wearing terrible prosthetics, no scripts full of non sequiturs, no glitchy graphics.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of monsters

Noun

Tech titans have defended their products and largely brushed off concerns as overblown or misguided.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
After Musk left, OpenAI launched massively successful AI products, namely ChatGPT, struck partnerships with tech titans including Microsoft, converted its business into a for-profit with a non-profit parent, and raised huge sums of funding.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of titans

Noun

These cosmic behemoths can tell us more about our own Milky Way galaxy’s history and the universe’s evolution over time.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
But there are two other AI behemoths still waiting in the wings for their turn to go public, and at least one of them has no intention of being eclipsed by Elon Musk.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of behemoths

Noun

King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Other inspirations for the project include the Giant Pink Sea Snail from Doctor Dolittle, giant mechanical elephant puppets by Royal de Luxe and Jules Verne’s imaginative creations.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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