Associations to the word «Colossus»

COLOSSUS, noun. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

COLOSSUS, noun. Any creature or thing of gigantic size.

COLOSSUS, noun. (figurative) Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.

COLOSSUS OF RHODES, proper noun. A statue of Greek god Helios in ancient Rhodes, Greece. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

COLOSSUS, noun. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.

COLOSSUS, noun. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.