Foundation level · Year 4 · free
giant
adjective · Say it: JY-uhnt
What it means
Foundationextremely large, much bigger than usual
Grandma baked a giant chocolate cake for Harry's tenth birthday party.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- enormous
- gigantic
- huge
- massive
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- miniature
- small
- tiny
More examples
- A giant wave splashed everyone sitting near the edge of the pier.
Where the word comes from
It comes from the Greek word gigas, the name for huge creatures in old stories.
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