titanic
adjective
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Before becoming the name of the most famous ship in history, titanic referred to the Titans, a family of giants in Greek mythology who were believed to have once ruled the earth. They were subsequently overpowered and replaced by the younger Olympian gods under the leadership of Zeus. The size and power of the Titans is memorialized in the adjective titanic and in the noun titanium, a chemical element of exceptional strength that is used in the production of steel.
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- planetary
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
Examples of titanic in a Sentence
Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
But Hartford was also the center of a titanic manufacturing boom, especially famous for its gun factories.
—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Numerous venture capitalists said the OpenAI CEO's charms are wearing off
There was once a time when Sam Altman, CEO of titanic tech company OpenAI, was the apple of Silicon Valley’s eye.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
The elimination of these precious carbon sinks released titanic amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, unleashing an environmental catastrophe.
—Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
In a way, devoting such a titanic structure to the display of delightful gizmos fulfilled this vision.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
Seth Brown enjoyed a big day at the plate for the A’s, going 3-for-3 with three RBIs, including a pair on a titanic first-inning blast to right field off Rangers starter Dane Dunning.
—Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
Last year, Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse was a titanic, historic failure.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
The titanic battles that are taking place in Congress could have life and death consequences for millions of people both in the United States and abroad.
—Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Greek titanikos of the Titans
1709, in the meaning defined above
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“Titanic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titanic. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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