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
  • An increasing number of investors are paying attention to how tech giants are relying more heavily on debt financing to fund their AI expansion.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The most rewarding part has been witnessing the power of Manoj and Boman – two giants of cinema – working together for the first time in this film.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of giant
Noun
  • His job included photographing whale tails to identify individual animals and monitor their movements.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The three whales relocated to San Diego will raise the park’s number of belugas to six.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of whale
Noun
  • Trying to clear his name, Eddie Brock is hunted by a monster sent by the creator of the symbiotes, only to uncover a secret operation in Area 51 to harvest the creatures and exploit them.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The league is hurtling toward an ugly lockout, with owners preparing to cry poverty and demand a hard salary cap to stop the spending monster in Southern California.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of monster
Noun
  • Hathaway plays a suburban mom whose neighborhood is suddenly and mysteriously transported from 1982 to prehistoric times, putting family and neighbors at the mercy of hungry dinosaurs.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The real end of Oak Street comes not from the feet and chompers of the dinosaurs but from a moviemaker who revives the idyllic 1980s only to desecrate them with wokeness.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dinosaur
Noun
  • The site preserves the remains of Columbian mammoths and offers a look at Ice Age life in Texas.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of mammoth
Noun
  • More news Apple is laying off close to 150 employees, the latest tech titan to reduce staff amid the artificial intelligence boom.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Speaking this week, the 63-year-old tech titan suggested that the new economic era would be one of reindustrialization.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of titan

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