COLOSSUS Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word colossus. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for COLOSSUS
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behemoth | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone that is abnormally large and powerful • a person of exceptional importance and reputation | ||||||||
giant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • any creature of exceptional size • a person of exceptional importance and reputation • an unusually large enterprise • a very large person; impressive in size or qualities • someone that is abnormally large and powerful • an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales • a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) adjective satellite • of great mass; huge and bulky | ||||||||
titan | nounn | |||||||
noun • (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth) • a person of exceptional importance and reputation • the largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere | ||||||||
colossal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | ||||||||
enormous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | ||||||||
mammoth | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks adjective satellite • so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth | ||||||||
goliath | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot • someone that is abnormally large and powerful | ||||||||
heavyweight | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds • a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds • a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds • a very large person; impressive in size or qualities • a person of exceptional importance and reputation • A weight class division in combat sports, often the heaviest. | ||||||||
monster | nounn | |||||||
noun • an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts • someone that is abnormally large and powerful • a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed • a cruel wicked and inhuman person • (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus |