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higante [hi.gan.ti.] : giant (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: gigante: giant ]
Related words: higanta

Derivatives of higante


Glosses:
giant
n. (animal)1. giantany creature of exceptional size.
~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, faunaa living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
n. (person)2. behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight, titana person of exceptional importance and reputation.
~ important person, influential person, personagea person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events.
n. (group)3. giantan unusually large enterprise.; "Walton built a retail giant"
~ enterprisean organization created for business ventures.; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader"
n. (person)4. giant, heavyweight, hulk, whalea very large person; impressive in size or qualities.
~ large persona person of greater than average size.
n. (person)5. behemoth, colossus, giant, goliath, monstersomeone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.
~ unusual person, anomalya person who is unusual.
n. (person)6. giantan imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales.
~ imaginary being, imaginary creaturea creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction.
~ argus(Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes.
~ cyclops(Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.
~ giantessa female giant.
~ ogre(folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings.
~ jotun, jotunn(Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir.
~ mimir(Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.
n. (object)7. giant, giant stara very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun).
~ arcturusthe 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth.
~ capellathe brightest star in Auriga.
~ star(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior.
adj. 8. elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumboof great mass; huge and bulky.; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"
~ big, largeabove average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"