Colossus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A huge statue.
  • n. Something likened to a huge statue, as in size or importance: a colossus of bureaucracy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
  • n. Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.
  • n. Any man or beast of gigantic size.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A statue of gigantic size; specifically (usually with a capital), the bronze statue of Apollo at Rhodes, which is said to have been 70 cubits high, and was reckoned among the seven wonders of the world.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  • n. a person of exceptional importance and reputation
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    anomaly    unusual person    personage    influential person    important person   
    Variant
    colossi   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    giant   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Manassas    proboscis   
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