colossus

noun

co·los·sus kə-ˈlä-səs

plural colossi kə-ˈlä-ˌsī

Synonyms of colossus next

: a statue of gigantic size and proportions

: a person or thing of immense size or power

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The original colossi (notice the plural form) were the larger-than-life statues made by the Greeks and Romans. The most famous of these was the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the sun god Helios built on the Greek island of Rhodes around 280 B.C. that was over 100 feet tall and took more than 12 years to build. The Statue of Liberty is a modern colossus, enormous and stately, at the entrance to New York Harbor. And someone who has played a colossal role in history, such as Winston Churchill, may be called a colossus as well.

Examples of colossus in a Sentence

The building is a colossus of steel and glass. Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art.

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Topline Longtime Wall Street favorite Nvidia extended a rare down stretch, as shares of the artificial intelligence colossus slipped into correction territory, a ding that comes as Nvidia’s trillion-dollar peers enjoy a robust period of gains. —

Derek Saul, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 Brady Corbet’s cinematic colossus was the big winner with the NYFCC, taking Best Film and Best Actor for Adrien Brody. —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2024 But there’s no dominant Nick Saban-led colossus awaiting there. —

Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 The United States will once again bestride the world like a colossus deterring enemies and making other nations safe from the likes of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. —

Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for colossus