titanic

Extremely large, strong, or powerful.

• Moving the rock required titanic strength.
• They made a titanic effort to finish on time.
• A titanic explosion shook the mountain.

Similar words: enormous, immense, colossal, mighty

Opposites: tiny, weak

Common phrases: titanic effort, titanic force, titanic task

Involving two sides that are both very powerful and closely matched.

• The champions fought a titanic battle.
• Two equally strong teams met in a titanic contest.
• Their titanic struggle lasted until the final minute.

Common phrases: titanic battle, titanic contest, titanic clash

Connected with the Titans, the powerful gods in ancient Greek stories.

• The poem describes the titanic gods.
• The scholar traced the hero's titanic ancestry.
• These ancient stories concern the titanic generation before Zeus.

Common phrases: titanic gods, titanic ancestry, titanic mythology

Connected with titanium, especially when one atom forms four chemical bonds.

• The label identifies titanic oxide.
• The chemist studied several titanic compounds.
• Older papers use the name titanic acid.

Common phrases: titanic acid, titanic oxide, titanic compounds