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 Banijay’s mega-merger with fellow indie giant All3Media, completed this week, creates a true TV colossus. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026 The blue outline of the Flinders Ranges, the largest mountains in South Australia, now rose from the horizon like a sleeping colossus. — Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Patrick Vieira was 24 years old and totally immersed in his career, a midfield colossus with Arsenal and a World Cup winner with France, when the call of Africa became overwhelming. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 June 2026 Not quite — the Adventist Development and Relief Agency dared to dream even bigger in 2024 with a 107-by-64-foot colossus assembled in Chile that holds the record to this day. — Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 12 June 2026 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
  • Even before the Ukraine war, international shipping giants were skeptical and the route remains controversial.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In an interview with Deadline earlier this summer, Takashi Nakano, VP of content and programming for Samsung TV Plus, described how the series fits into the streaming giant’s strategy.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of giant
Noun
  • The Georgia Aquarium’s two newest beluga whales are safe and sound in Atlanta after being rescued from a shuttered aquatic park in Canada.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Two male beluga whales rescued from Marineland of Canada arrived safely at Georgia Aquarium, marking a new chapter in an international effort to save the animals.
    — CBS Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of whale
Noun
  • According to Disney, guests will have the chance to explore the city, meet its citizens, taste unique cuisine, and step into the everyday world of monsters in a totally new way.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The wild things – fictional monsters Sendak has said were based on his own family members – roll their terrible eyes, gnash their teeth and show their terrible claws.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of monster
Noun
  • In the new science-fiction mystery The End of Oak Street, Hathaway stars alongside Ewan McGregor as a couple whose family comes face-to-face with dinosaurs in their neighborhood.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Now the marketing very explicitly features dinosaurs chasing the family, to the point that Starbuck is talking about it and trying to appeal to moms on Facebook who might be among the nearly million followers to this AI feed.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dinosaur
Noun
  • Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of mammoth
Noun
  • In time, generations of directors and studio execs who came up revering trailblazing path set by 1970s New Hollywood titans like Coppola would come to fundamentally see the sequel in a different light as a result.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The evidence for this clash of oceanic titans comes from sperm whale skin and stomach contents.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of titan

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