Synonyms for titan
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tahyt-n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪt n |
Top 10 synonyms for titan Other synonyms for the word titan
Définition of titan
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin Titan, from Greek Titan, member of a mythological race of giants who attempted to scale heaven by piling Mount Pelion on Mount Ossa but were overthrown by Zeus and the gods. They descended from Titan, elder brother of Kronos. Perhaps from tito "sun, day," which is probably a loan-word from a language of Asia Minor. Sense of "person or thing of enormous size" first recorded 1828. Applied to planet Saturn's largest satellite in 1868; it was discovered 1655 by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who named it Saturni Luna "moon of Saturn."
- noun giant
- By this means he gave to man an extended, a Titan personality.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- The overhauling of Titan batteries should be done as described on pages 328 to 374.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Ten minutes to go, and Professor Maniel still labored like a Titan.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- And then he noticed a fourth occupant of the cavern, a young lad of Titan.
- Extract from : « Creatures of Vibration » by Harl Vincent
- At the hands of the Titan brothers, birds, beasts, and fishes had fared handsomely.
- Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
- So Perseus uncovered the face of Medusa and held it up for the Titan to gaze upon.
- Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
- The great hills looked as if the knife of a Titan had sheered off their summits.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- This job's all played out, so I think I'll get me a good job on Titan.
- Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
- It would be useless to go to Titan, for they would be powerless to help us.
- Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
- He had undergone the labours of a titan for twelve eventful and formative years.
- Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
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