giantism

Other forms of giantism

plural

giantisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about giantism

What does giantism mean?

giantism means "excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in giantism?

giantism has 3 syllables: gi-an-tism. The stress falls on "gi".

What is another word for giantism?

Close synonyms include gigantism, overgrowth, gigantism. 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 giantism a common word?

giantism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.