English noun: titan |
1. | titan (person) a person of exceptional importance and reputation |
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| Synonyms | behemoth, colossus, giant, heavyweight |
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| Broader (hypernym) | important person, influential person, personage |
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2. | Titan (person) (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth) |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Epimetheus |
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| Instance hypernym | Greek deity |
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| Instance hyponym | Atlas, Cocus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Oceanus, Prometheus |
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| Domain category | Greek mythology |
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3. | Titan (object) the largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere |
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| Instance hypernym | satellite |
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