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- [guh-lahy-uh th]
- /gəˈlaɪ əθ/
- /ɡəˈlaɪ.əθ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [guh-lahy-uh th]
- /gəˈlaɪ əθ/
Definitions of goliath word
- noun goliath the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51. 1
- noun goliath (usually lowercase) a giant. 1
- noun goliath (usually lowercase) a very large, powerful, or influential person or thing: a neighborhood grocery competing against the supermarket goliaths. 1
- noun goliath Alternative case form of Goliath. 1
- noun goliath a Philistine giant from Gath who terrorized the Hebrews until he was killed by David with a stone from his sling (I Samuel 17) 0
- noun goliath the Philistine giant killed by David with a stone shot from a sling: 1 Sam. 17:4, 49 0
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goliath popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% 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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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for goliath
noun goliath
- whopper — WarGames
- 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.
- monster — a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- 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.
- colossus — If you describe someone or something as a colossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size.
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