Synonyms for colossus
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-los-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɒs əs |
Top 10 synonyms for colossus Other synonyms for the word colossus
Définition of colossus
Origin :- "gigantic statue," late 14c., from Latin colossus "a statue larger than life," from Greek kolossos "gigantic statue," of unknown origin, used by Herodotus of giant Egyptian statues, and used by Romans of the bronze Apollo at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes. Figurative sense of "any thing of awesome greatness or vastness" is from 1794.
- noun giant thing
- Flattering remarks were showered on this colossus from all sides.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- Wilson stared soberly at this school, at the colossus he had helped to create.
- Extract from : « There Will Be School Tomorrow » by V. E. Thiessen
- But when this became manifest the Colossus must fall to the ground.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- If to have enemies is a measure of greatness, then you must be a Colossus, indeed, Prince.
- Extract from : « Vera » by Oscar Wilde
- Not long since this bit of lifeless clay had straddled his world like a Colossus.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
- The Colossus of Rhodes is said to have been used as a beacon, but there is no proof that it was so.
- Extract from : « Grace Darling » by Eva Hope
- And here we may break off to consider the Colossus, as he has been called.
- Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke
- Equipped with the legs of a colossus it had a frame to match.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
- The great Conestoga, with its load had yielded to the strength of the Colossus.
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid
- The colossus was at last beginning to feel at home in his new surroundings.
- Extract from : « In the Morning of Time » by Charles G. D. Roberts
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