colossuses
Enormous ancient monuments
Colossuses is the plural of colossus—a statue of enormous size, or anything similarly massive and imposing.
The word comes from the Colossus of Rhodes, the ancient bronze statue that stood at the harbor entrance.
Figuratively, colossuses are dominant figures or institutions: the colossuses of the tech industry.
The alternate plural colossi appears in more formal or classical contexts.
Beings of immense stature
- behemothsEnormous, powerful creatures
- leviathansEnormous sea monsters
- mammothsExtinct woolly elephants
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
immensity · vastness · hulks · whales · elephants · dinosaurs · mountains · towering
Structures commemorating notable achievements
- sculpturesCarved or molded artworks
- giantsBeings of immense stature
- figuresNumerical values or forms
- HeliosGreek solar deity
Rhodes · ancients · pedestals · bronze · marble · harbors · wonders · antiquity
Traditional stories or icons
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- virtuososSupremely skilled performers
- mastersThose with dominion
- luminariesDistinguished influential people
icons · greats · champions · visionaries · prodigies · geniuses · trailblazers · paragons
Dominant powerful figures
- empiresExtensive ruled territories
- mogulsBumps or bigwigs
- tycoonsPowerful business leaders
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
magnates · powerhouses · conglomerates · monopolies · dynasties · supremacy · oligarchs · behemoths
giants
Beings of immense stature
- behemothsEnormous, powerful creatures
- leviathansEnormous sea monsters
- mammothsExtinct woolly elephants
enormity · immensity · vastness · hulks · whales · elephants · dinosaurs · mountains · towering · massive
monuments
Structures commemorating notable achievements
- sculpturesCarved or molded artworks
- giantsBeings of immense stature
- figuresNumerical values or forms
Helios · Rhodes · ancients · pedestals · bronze · marble · harbors · wonders · antiquity · memorials
legends
Traditional stories or icons
luminaries · icons · greats · champions · visionaries · prodigies · geniuses · trailblazers · paragons · phenoms
titans
Dominant powerful figures
dominance · magnates · powerhouses · conglomerates · monopolies · dynasties · supremacy · oligarchs · behemoths · juggernauts
- giantsgiant, giants, giantesses, titan, Titans
colossusesnobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
nonentities · lightweights · small fry · bit players · also-rans
- Colossus of RhodesAncient wonder, bronze statue