titan

1. 1.

   a person of exceptional importance and reputation

   Synonymscolossusbehemothgiantheavyweight

   Broaderimportant person
2. 2.

   (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)

   BroaderGreek deity

   NarrowerCronusHyperionOceanusCocusCriusIapetusAtlasEpimetheusPrometheus

   Greek mythology

3. 3.

   the largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere

   Broadersatellite

Other forms of titan

plural

titans·

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 titan

What does titan mean?

titan means "a person of exceptional importance and reputation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in titan?

titan has 2 syllables: ti-tan. The stress falls on "ti". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪtən/.

What is another word for titan?

Close synonyms include colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight. 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 titan a common word?

titan 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.

What rhymes with titan?

1 word rhymes with titan. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.