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Synonyms & Antonyms for titan
Synonyms: Noun
behemoth, blockbuster, colossus, dinosaur, dreadnought, elephant, giant, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, mastodon, monster, whale, whopper
Antonyms: Noun
diminutive, dwarf, half-pint, midget, mite, peewee, pygmy (also pigmy), runt, shrimp
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Examples of titan in a Sentence
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this newest ocean liner is a true titan of the seaRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
And the titans, apparently, have found a willing enforcer in the federal government. — Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, "How the Anthony Levandowski Indictment Helps Big Tech Stifle Innovation in Silicon Valley," 28 Aug. 2019 There were enormous hairy wombats called Diprotodons that weighed over two tons, towering flightless birds called Genyornis, and Macropus titan, a nine-foot-tall kangaroo. — David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian, "A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home," 23 Aug. 2019 Only two elephant birds from Madagascar, Vorombe titan and Aepyornis maximus, beat this ancient giant in terms of size. — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, "12-foot bird lived alongside early human relatives, fossils reveal," 26 June 2019 Moreover, his epistolary partner, the publisher James Laughlin, was, in his very different way, also a titanāan unusually quiet one, to be sure, but unquestionably one of the central figures of American letters of the last century. — The New York Review of Books, "Simon Callow," 6 June 2019 In the world of high-performance sailing, Sandra Tartaglino was a titan and a trailblazer. — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, "Sailing community mourns death of trailblazer Sandra Tartaglino," 12 Aug. 2019 All this suggests that the tech titans are in trouble both in Europe and America. — The Economist, "The regulatory woes of Big Tech multiply," 25 July 2019 There are also titans of the film industry: Dame Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy and Ian McKellen as Gus the Theatre Cat. — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, "Everything You Need to Know About the 'Cats' Movie," 18 July 2019 Chambers was a special-effects titan, most famous for crafting the apes in Planet of the Apes. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Michael Jacksonās āThrillerā is the eternal Halloween bop ā and so much more," 31 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'titan.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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