goliath

Other forms of goliath

plural

goliaths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about goliath

What does goliath mean?

goliath means "(Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in goliath?

goliath has 3 syllables: go-li-ath. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/.

What is another word for goliath?

Close synonyms include giant, behemoth, monster, colossus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is goliath a common word?

goliath is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.