cyclops

Monocular mythical monster

A cyclops is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology—creatures who forged Zeus's thunderbolts and whom Odysseus famously outwitted.

The image extends to anything with a single central eye or lens: a cyclops camera, a cyclops fish.

In biology, Cyclops is a genus of tiny one-eyed crustaceans.

Plural: cyclopes or cyclopses.

creature

giant

Being of huge size

  • one-eyedHaving single vision
  • monsterFrightening imaginary creature
  • ogreMonstrous man-eating giant

titan · colossus · beast · man-eater · cannibal · brute · humanoid · misshapen · solitary · primitive

mythology

Polyphemus

One-eyed giant of myth

Greek · epic · Sicily · Etna · cave · shepherd · ram · blindness · olive · stake

vision

one-eyed

Having single vision

forehead · gaze · depth perception · blind spot · eyepatch · ocular · sight · unblinking · piercing · lidless

forge

Hephaestus

Greek forge deity

anvil · hammer · volcano · metalwork · armor · weapons · craftsman · foundry · fire · bronze

modern

X-Men

Mutant superhero collective

  • MarvelSuperhero media conglomerate
  • visorEye-shading brim
  • mutantGenetically altered organism

superhero · laser · comics

Categories
Opposites
number of eyes

cyclopsArgus

All-seeing mythological guardian

size/stature

cyclopsdwarf

Diminutive folkloric being

pixie · fairy · gnome · brownie · leprechaun

mythological character/temperament

cyclopsnymph

Nature spirit or larva

muse · Athena · Apollo · angel · sylph

Family

cyclopean, cyclopes

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G