Kong

Skull Island's monarch

Kong most often appears as part of King Kong, the giant ape from film, or Hong Kong, the Chinese city and former British colony.

As a standalone name, Kong typically references one of these: Have you seen the new Kong movie?

We flew into Kong for the trade show. (Lowercase kong is informal for something huge.)

Opposites
size/scale

KongThumbelina

Diminutive fairy tale girl

Tom Thumb · ant · flea · Tinker Bell · microbe

fictional status

Konggorilla

Largest great ape

Harambe · mountain gorilla · silverback · chimpanzee · orangutan

monster archetype

KongGodzilla

Giant monster from Tokyo

Mechagodzilla · The Terminator · HAL 9000 · Ultron · The Blob

Phrases
Family

Hong Kong, King Kong

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G