gas giant

1. 1.

   any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)

   SynonymsJovian planet

   Broaderplanet

   NarrowerJupiterNeptuneSaturnUranus

Questions about gas giant

What does gas giant mean?

gas giant means "any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)".

What is another word for gas giant?

Close synonyms include Jovian planet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gas giant a common word?

gas giant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.