
giant | giant: n. 1 superhuman, titan, colossus, Goliath; giantess, Amazon, ogre; behemoth, monster, leviathan, mammoth: Blocking the road in front of Jack was a giant nearly thirty feet tall. --adj. 2 See gigantic, below.
gibberish | gibberish: n. drivel, tripe, nonsense, rubbish, gibber, prattle, twaddle, gabble, jabber, balderdash, jibber-jabber, blather or blether, Jabberwocky, gobbledegook or gobbledygook, mumbo-jumbo, rodomontade, Gongorism, cackle, chatter, patter, chatter, jargon, babble, claptrap, poppycock, Colloq tripe, codswallop, crap, bunk, piffle, US garbage, horse feathers; Taboo slang balls, bull(shit), US crock (of shit): If one listens to such gibberish long enough, one begins to believe it.
gibe | gibe: v. 1 jibe (at), jeer (at), scoff (at), flout, mock, deride, make fun of, poke fun at, ridicule, twit, taunt, sneer (at), chaff, tease, rag, heckle, No. Eng. dialect gird, Colloq kid, rib, US and Canadian razz: All of us at school used to gibe at David because he wore fancy clothes. --n. 2 jibe, jeer, taunt, sneer, dig, cutting remark, thrust, chaff, raillery, scoffing, derision, ridicule, mockery, Rare mycterism, Slang crack, wisecrack: David paid no attention to his classmates'' gibes.
giddy | giddy: adj. 1 dizzy, faint, unsteady, light-headed, vertiginous, reeling, Colloq woozy: This medication may make you feel a bit giddy. 2 silly, frivolous, scatterbrained, flighty, capricious, irresponsible, erratic, fickle, volatile, impulsive, reckless, whimsical: You can''t marry a giddy young girl like Peggy.
gift | gift: n. 1 present, donation, favour, grant, largesse, bounty, benefaction, offering, honorarium, contribution, give-away, premium, bonus, prize; alms, hand-out, dole, charity, benefit; tip, gratuity, baksheesh or backsheesh, pourboire, cumshaw: Before we left, our neighbours made a gift to us of some local pottery. 2 talent, ability, aptitude, genius, flair, knack, facility, forte, strength, strong point, bent, capability, capacity, power: Her family never recognized her special gifts.
gifted | gifted: adj. talented, able, skilled, capable, skilful, outstanding, excellent, superior, superb, brilliant, expert, master, masterful, masterly, virtuoso, first-class, first-rate, top-drawer, top-flight, good, Colloq top-notch, ace, crackerjack, crack: Grants are available for gifted, indigent artists.
gigantic | gigantic: adj. big, large, huge, enormous, massive, giant, colossal, immense, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous, towering, staggering, vast, titanic, gargantuan, elephantine, Cyclopean, Herculean, Brobdingnagian; king-size, extra-large, Colloq jumbo, walloping, whopping, thumping, thundering, strapping, super-duper, US humongous: The gigantic tower, reaching to the heavens, appeared before us.
giggle | giggle: v. 1 titter, snicker, snigger, chuckle, laugh, chortle, cackle, twitter: Stop that giggling at the rear of the classroom! --n. 2 titter, snicker, snigger, chuckle, laugh, chortle, cackle, twitter: Did I hear a giggle? 3 joke, prank, laugh: Just for a giggle, we tied his shoelaces together.
gimmick | gimmick: n. 1 device, strategy, stratagem, ploy, trick, ruse, wile, subterfuge, manoeuvre, artifice, deception, trap, snare, US hook, Colloq dodge: We need some sort of gimmick to attract buyers. 2 device, contrivance, gadget, invention, Colloq contraption, widget, thingumbob or thingumabob or thingamabob, thingumajig or thingamajig or thingummy, whatchamacallit, what''s-its-name, Brit doodah, US doohickey, doodad, hickey, whosis, whatsis, dingus, Rube Goldberg (invention), Chiefly US and Canadian gismo or gizmo: He uses some kind of gimmick to break into cars.
gingerly | gingerly: adv. 1 warily, cautiously, charily, carefully, delicately, fastidious, daintily, squeamishly, tentatively, nervously, cannily, circumspectly, guardedly, watchfully, timidly, timorously, shyly: Handle that nitroglycerine very gingerly. --adj. 2 wary, cautious, chary, careful, fastidious, delicate, dainty, squeamish, tentative, nervous, canny, circumspect, guarded, watchful, timid, timorous, shy: Note the gingerly way he handles the nitroglycerine.
girl | girl: n. 1 female, woman, lass, (young) lady, miss, mademoiselle, wench, Fr�ulein, maid, maiden, damsel, demoiselle, Irish colleen, Australian and New Zealand sheila, Colloq chick, filly, gal, Slang bird, frail, skirt, piece, mouse, Brit crumpet, bit of skirt or stuff, Old-fashioned Brit popsy, US dame, broad, (bit of) San Quentin quail or jail-bait: His mother wants to introduce him to a nice girl. 2 girlfriend, sweetheart; betrothed, fianc�e; mistress, lover, friend, live-in lover, inamorata, tally, US POSSLQ (= ''Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters''), Colloq Brit popsy, Slang moll, US twist, squeeze: She''s his girl and she''ll stick by him.
girth | girth: n. 1 circumference, perimeter, ambit, periphery, circuit: His girth steadily expanded as he approached fifty. 2 belt, girdle, border, cincture, waistband, cestus, cummerbund, Archaic zone, US and Canadian cinch: Tighten that girth or the saddle will come off.
gist | gist: n. essence, core, heart, substance, point, theme, quintessence, pith, meat, marrow, focus, nub, significance, (main or basic) idea; direction, drift: It will save time if I tell you the gist of the argument.
give | give: v. 1 present, deliver, pass (over), turn or hand over, confer, vouchsafe, provide, supply, furnish, bestow, donate, accord, afford, award, hand out, contribute, distribute, grant, allow, transfer, make over, entrust: Please give me the envelope. I have given the files to the tax inspector. Give freely to charity. 2 exchange, pay, transfer, trade, barter, swap or swop: Philippa gave a week''s salary for that dress. 3 impart, pass on, communicate, transmit, send, convey, express: Give my regards to Broadway. 4 afflict with, cause, occasion: Rock music gives me a headache. 5 sacrifice, devote, dedicate, yield (up), surrender, give up, cede, concede, consign, apply (oneself) to: Those monks have given their lives to the study of Scripture. 6 present, offer; announce, introduce: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Madja Kiziamainska, the Polish Nightingale! 7 present, announce, offer, recite, sing, act, perform, read, put on: We were asked to give a performance for charity. 8 utter, emit, give out (with), issue: He gave a shout to warn us. 9 yield, relax, give way, fail, collapse, buckle, break down, fall or come apart: If that pillar gives, the balcony will come down. 10 cause, lead, induce, persuade, make, prompt, move, dispose: I was given to understand that I was not welcome. 11 cede, relinquish, concede, allow, surrender, yield: He gave me the first game but I lost the second. 12 give away. a See 1, above. b reveal, betray, let out, divulge, disclose, expose, inform on, uncover, leak, let slip; let the cat out of the bag; Colloq blow the whistle on, Slang rat on, US fink on: The traitor gave me away, and I was arrested. 13 give in. yield, submit, give up, give ground, back away (from), back off, capitulate, surrender, admit defeat: After trying for hours to make him change his mind, he finally gave in. 14 give off. give out, emit, exude, exhale, discharge, send or throw out, release, smell of: Her clothing gave off a scent of lavender. 15 give out. a See 14, above. b distribute, hand out, give, deal (out), pass out or around, disseminate, dispense, allot, apportion, allocate, assign, distribute, issue, mete or hand out, ration (out), dole (out), pay, Colloq dish or fork out, shell out: The prizes will be given out to the winners at a special ceremony. She was giving out handbills to passers-by. c publish, announce, make known, broadcast, impart, issue, make public, reveal: You shouldn''t give out that kind of information. d become exhausted, be reduced or depleted, fail, run out: What will we do when the food gives out? e See 8, above. 16 give over. assign, resign, hand over, surrender, relinquish, pass or over, give up; assign, entrust: We gave our dog over to Lambert''s for training. 17 give up. a abandon, stop, cease, quit, leave off, forgo, forsake, renounce, desist from, swear off, abstain from; reject; Colloq cut out, chuck: I am trying to give up smoking. b surrender, capitulate, yield, cede, concede, give in (to defeat), throw in the towel or sponge; despair: I''ve tried to convince him but finally gave up. c See 4, above. d See 13, above. e See 16, above. --n. 18 slack, play, leeway, excess; flexibility, stretch: There is very little give in the rules governing working hours. Nylon is used for boat anchor rodes because it has some give.
give and take | give and take: n. compromise, cooperation, reciprocity, interaction, fair exchange, teamwork, joint effort, synergy: There is a lot of give and take in our relationship - I give and she takes.
given | given: adj. 1 stated, accepted, agreed(-upon), delineated, confirmed, noted, affirmed, specified, settled, set, (pre)arranged, preordained, foreordained: You must solve the problem using the given information. 2 presupposed, assumed, understood, postulated, premised, conceded, acknowledged, allowed: I think we can take her honesty as given. 3 prone, accustomed, dedicated, addicted, inclined, disposed: Our headmaster is not exactly given to flights of fancy. --n. 4 assumption, donn�e; fact, certainty, reality, actuality, gospel, the truth: Can we accept her interest in the job as a given?
