| NOUN | person | titan, colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight | a person of exceptional importance and reputation |
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| person | Titan | (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus | |
| object | Titan | the largest of the satellites of Saturn |
| Sounds | tay'tahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A person of exceptional importance and reputation. | |
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| Synonyms | colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight | |
| Broader | important person, influential person, personage | A person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
| Spanish | coloso, figura, hombre de peso, monstruo, mujer de peso, titán | |
| Catalan | colós, dona de pes, figura, home de pes, monstre, tità | |
| Adjectives | titanic | of great force or power |
| Meaning | (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth). | |
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| Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Instances | Atlas | (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders |
| Cocus | (Greek mythology) one of the Titans | |
| Crius | (Greek mythology) one of the Titans | |
| Cronus | (Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him | |
| Hyperion | (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology | |
| Iapetus | (Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology | |
| Oceanus | (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology | |
| Prometheus | (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind | |
| Instance of | Greek deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
| Narrower | Epimetheus | (Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus |
| Spanish | titán, Titán | |
| Catalan | tità | |
| Meaning | The largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere. | |
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| Instance of | satellite | Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star |
| Spanish | Titán | |
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