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(noun) any creature of exceptional size |
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Related Words: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
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(noun) an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant" |
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Related Words: enterprise |
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(noun) an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales |
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Related Words: Argus, Cyclopes, Cyclops, Jotun, Jotunn, Mimir, giantess, imaginary being, imaginary creature, ogre |
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(noun) someone who is abnormally large |
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Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster |
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Related Words: anomaly, unusual person |
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(noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities |
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Synonyms: heavyweight, hulk, whale |
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Related Words: large person |
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(noun) a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) |
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Synonyms: giant star |
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Related Words: Arcturus, Capella, star |
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(satellite adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jeg" |
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Synonyms: elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo |
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(noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation |
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Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, heavyweight, titan |
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Related Words: important person, influential person, personage |
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