COLOSSI Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

colossi

noun

plural of colossus

as in giants

something that is unusually large and powerful Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art

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Noun

Even before the Ukraine war, international shipping giants were skeptical and the route remains controversial.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Women execs were excited about this world-shifting moment in technology, and didn’t want another generation of tech giants to pass them by.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of giants

Noun

These trips also have plenty of opportunities to see whales, orcas, and other sea life, with scenic cruising in the Alexander Archipelago’s Frederick Sound.

— Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2026
Four other whales from that transport were brought to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

— Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of whales

Noun

Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor and a pack of rogue dinosaurs won’t be able to catch the web-slinging Spider-Man at the top of box office charts.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
The End of Oak Street is about a suburban neighborhood that comes under siege by dinosaurs.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

Noun

As creatures from Indonesian mythology emerge to threaten his students’ community, Chris and his pupils find their fight extends beyond monsters to their own inner struggles.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
The viruses the researchers created are not Frankenstein’s monsters.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of monsters

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 mammoths

Noun

The basketball world has lost one of its titans, as former Warriors coach and executive Don Nelson died Sunday at the age of 86.

— Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
In 2018, the organization’s footprint expanded to include the National Comedy Center, which is now home to the archives of comedy titans George Carlin, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

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