Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gas_giant

1 sense of gas giant

Sense 1
Jovian planet, gas giant -- (any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter))
       => planet, major planet -- ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)