colossus

noun

kə-ˈlä-səs How to pronounce colossus (audio)
Definition of colossusnext
as in giant
something that is unusually large and powerful Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art

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Recent Examples of colossus Dunk is not the colossus of old Is age and fitness finally catching up to Lewis Dunk? — Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024 When pro football historians John Turney and Frank Cooney applied a point system based on honors won to rank 60 senior nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025, former Chiefs left tackle Jim Tyrer towered like a colossus above the rest. — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025 Conceived during an administration often synonymous with malaise elevated to a kind of national mood lighting, the department emerged as a federal colossus, ostensibly designed to manage the nation’s educational system with promises of equity, excellence, and upward mobility. — Michael S. Rose, National Review, 4 Jan. 2025 So did the makers of today’s colossus name their project after the 1940s initiative? — John Werner, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for colossus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossus
  1. giant
  2. whale
  3. monster
  4. dinosaur
  5. mammoth
  6. titan
Noun
  • Trump's 2024 presidential bid attracted significant financial backing from a mix of corporate donors, billionaire executives and industry giants in the oil and gas, technology and finance sectors.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The tech industry, including giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Meta, is rethinking its approach to meet these growing energy requirements by investing in nuclear technology.
    — Mark Mahle, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of giant
Noun
  • Environmentalists said that oil and chemicals posed a risk to sea life, including whales and dolphins and to birds, including puffins, gannets and guillemots that live on coastal cliffs.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The researchers also looked at how other large sharks and whales move through water to deduce the megalodon’s shape.
    — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of whale
Noun
  • Fing turns out to be as much as a destructive monster as Myrtle, who in turn, has to battle it out with the evil animal park owner, The Viscount, who is determined to own this rarest of creatures.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Fing turns out to be as much as a destructive monster as Myrtle, who in turn, must battle it out with the evil animal park owner, The Viscount (Waititi), who is determined to own this rarest of creatures.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of monster
Noun
  • Smaller dinosaurs and other creatures were caught in the mud, unable to escape.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • For this study, the team used a similar technique to the one used to reconstruct dinosaur coloration.
    — Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of dinosaur
Noun
  • Engineering The Woolly Mouse—A Mammoth Gene Experiment Bringing back the mammoth is no simple task.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Shapiro and her colleagues started by trying to identify the genes responsible for making mammoths distinctive.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of mammoth
Noun
  • Related Articles Apple shares are losing haven allure as headwinds deter bulls Magid: Apple, Google offering compromises on controversial age assurance policies Two tech titans have crafted a deal for the purchase of a big San Jose office building.
    — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Bezos and other affluent tech titans raised eyebrows in January by attending the president’s inauguration.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of titan

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