leviathan

le·vi·a·than

L0139300 (lə-vī′ə-thən)n.1. Something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship.2. A very large animal, especially a whale.3. A monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible.

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[Middle English, huge biblical sea creature, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyātān; see lwy in Semitic roots.]

leviathan

(lɪˈvaɪəθən) n1. (Bible) Bible a monstrous beast, esp a sea monster2. any huge or powerful thing[C14: from Late Latin, ultimately from Hebrew liwyāthān, of obscure origin]

le•vi•a•than

(lɪˈvaɪ ə θən)

n. 1. (often cap.) (in the Bible) a sea monster. 2. any huge marine animal, as the whale. 3. something of immense size or power. [1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin « Hebrew liwyāthān]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	leviathan - the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"freak, lusus naturae, monstrosity, monster - a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
	2.	leviathan - monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testamentmythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth

leviathan

noun monster, whale, mammoth, Titan, hulk, colossus, behemoth It's a leviathan of a book.

leviathan

nounOne that is extraordinarily large and powerful:behemoth, giant, Goliath, jumbo, mammoth, monster, titan.Slang: whopper.

Translations

léviathanleviatanocolossogigante