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adjective

Definition of leviathannext
as in giant
unusually large the Titanic was a leviathan ship by the standards of the time

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leviathan

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noun

li-ˈvī-ə-thən How to pronounce leviathan (audio)
as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful a leviathan of the seas, that cruise ship is said to be the largest passenger vessel afloat

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Recent Examples of leviathan
Noun
In historical terms, this drought is far from their longest, but no team has won the Premier League more times than them (13), and limbo jabs at a leviathan. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Back in the twentieth century, when this corporate leviathan reigned supreme, size was a proxy for power. — Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Navigating the Long Tau river requires these deep-sea leviathans to turn on a dime, making for some spectacular viewing. — Loz Blain may 14, New Atlas, 14 May 2026 The biggest drag on European innovation and tech is a lack of domestic funding, not regulation, and the new rules are more likely to hurt tech leviathans whose size and network effects contribute to their addictive quality. — Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for leviathan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leviathan
  1. giant
  2. whale
  3. gigantic
  4. monster
  5. vast
  6. dinosaur
  7. colossal
  8. mammoth
Adjective
  • By sunset, everyone gathers on the beach to watch the last kiters streak across the water as what looks like a giant ball of fire slips into the ocean.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Menu favorites like vodka rigatoni appear alongside new dishes including a giant carbonara raviolo and lobster spaghetti fra diavolo.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of giant
Noun
  • From March to October, join a whale-watching trip to spot orcas, humpbacks, or grey whales.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The whale was 55 feet long and weighed more than 58,000 pounds, the scientists reported.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of whale
Adjective
  • The gigantic sculptures, though sedentary, have been on tour.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment also got it right with Star Wars Outlaws, but that ambitious open-world title — hardly a fresh pitch nowadays — also faced high sales expectations due to an inevitably gigantic production budget.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of gigantic
Noun
  • The monster romance is as old as Pasiphaë tricking the white bull into bedding her, but a spate of recent offerings, across film and literature, especially, have come to form something less like a genre and more like a drug.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The potential start of a monster buyback program in December is a promising catalyst.
    — Alexa LoMonaco,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of monster
Adjective
  • PeterPencil/Getty The United Nations, many Western governments and the DRC have long accused the government in neighboring Rwanda of backing M23 in a bid to control and exploit the much larger country's vast mineral resources.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Team registrations for the skijoring community competition during the Lake Tahoe championship weekend are still open with a vast majority of slots still available.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of vast
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  • The sheriff's office shared photos of the couple, who were wearing matching dinosaur costumes, in custody.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • According to the study, scientists have long recognized the connection between the diversification of plant-eating dinosaurs and the rise of flowering plants during this period.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of dinosaur
Adjective
  • As far as settings for monster movies go, that decimated landscape would seem an odd choice—the very raison d’être of such films is to show a colossal creature laying waste to a city.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The northern lights could put on an impressive display this weekend as a colossal coronal hole on the sun fires a stream of high-speed solar wind toward Earth.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of colossal
Noun
  • In ancient California, they are believed to have existed alongside other extinct native species, including bison-sized Jefferson’s ground sloths, Columbian mammoths and western camels.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
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