Home › Words › G › gigatrendgigatrendgigatrend means A very major trend.EtymologyFrom giga- + trend, using next larger SI prefix from megatrend.nounA very major trend.e.g.“Gigatrends: The Boundary Conditions of Modern Life and their Formation” — 1982, Christopher Kaiser, “Course Syllabus: Christianity in a Technological Society”, in Science, Technology & Society, Lehigh University, page 66:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.megatrend 81% match — A major trend; a very large-scale trend vs gigatrend →macrotrend 72% match — A large-scale trend. vs gigatrend →minitrend 60% match — A small, minor trend. vs gigatrend →trendlet 58% match — A minor or shortlived trend. vs gigatrend →supergigantic 57% match — Extremely large. vs gigatrend →megaindustry 55% match — A large-scale industry. vs gigatrend →superhype 55% match — Extreme hype. vs gigatrend →gigayacht 54% match — A very large luxury yacht, bigger than a megayacht. vs gigatrend →