giant

Universal Words noun, adjective noun 1 (in stories) a very large strong person who is often cruel and stupid seealsoGIANTESS 2 an unusually large person, animal or plant: He's a giant of a man. 3 a very large and powerful organization: the multinational oil giants 4 a person who is very good at sth: literary giants adjective [onlybeforenoun] very large; much larger or more important than similar things usually are: a giant crab * a giant-size box of tissues * a giant step towards achieving independence