Antonyms for giants
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jahy-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒaɪ ənt |
Definition of giants
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French geant, earlier jaiant (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *gagantem (nominative gagas), from Latin gigas "giant," from Greek gigas (genitive gigantos), one of a race of savage beings, sons of Gaia and Uranus, eventually destroyed by the gods, probably from a pre-Greek language. Replaced Old English ent, eoten, also gigant. The Greek word was used in Septuagint to refer to men of great size and strength, hence the expanded use in modern languages. Of very tall persons from 1550s; of persons who have any quality in extraordinary degree, from 1530s.
- In þat tyme wer here non hauntes Of no men bot of geauntes. [Wace's Chronicle, c.1330]
- noun extremely large person
- The giants upon the hillside were just awakening from their night's sleep.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- The people in this land were giants, and a giant's daughter found them.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
- One was deep in a socialist book, the other in news of the Giants.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- He admitted this while he walked unresistingly between two of the giants.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- And I am but a scrub-oak in this forest of giants, my Brothers.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- For these giants of the primeval forest he ever had a loving admiration.
- Extract from : « Whittier-land » by Samuel T. Pickard
- The massive columns of the temples stand like giants of the ages.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- When the giants were out of sight, Sharvan took Pinkeen out of his wallet.
- Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
- The giants, on this, gave the prince into the hands of the old giantess.
- Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
- And he was so bad-tempered that the other giants called him Sharvan the Surly.
- Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy
Synonyms for giants
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