cyclops

Cy·clops

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sahy-klops]
- /ˈsaɪ klɒps/
- /ˈsaɪ.klɒps/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahy-klops]
- /ˈsaɪ klɒps/

Definitions of cyclops word

noun cyclops one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey 3
noun cyclops any copepod of the genus Cyclops, characterized by having one eye 3
noun cyclops any of a race of giants who have only one eye, in the middle of the forehead 3
noun plural cyclops Classical Mythology. a member of a family of giants having a single round eye in the middle of the forehead. 1
noun plural cyclops (lowercase) a freshwater copepod of the genus Cyclops, having a median eye in the front of the head. 1
noun cyclops (Cyclops) 382?–301 b.c, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great. 1

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Parts of speech for Cyclops

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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cyclops popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for cyclops

noun cyclops

giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
behemoth — If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
titan — Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
goliath — the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51.

All 20 Synonyms of cyclops

Antonyms for cyclops

noun cyclops

dwarf — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
midget — (not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
runt — an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.

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