BEHEMOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does behemoth mean? 

• BEHEMOTH (noun)
  The noun BEHEMOTH has 2 senses:

1. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

2. a person of exceptional importance and reputation

  Familiarity information: BEHEMOTH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEHEMOTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

behemoth; colossus; giant; goliath; monster

Hypernyms ("behemoth" is a kind of...):

anomaly; unusual person (a person who is unusual)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person of exceptional importance and reputation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

behemoth; colossus; giant; heavyweight; titan

Hypernyms ("behemoth" is a kind of...):

important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)

 Context examples 

The team used the HARPS-North instrument on the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo in the Canary Islands to conduct follow-up observations to obtain a mass measurement of the rocky behemoth.

(Astronomers confounded by massive rocky world, NASA)

The brilliant galaxy, known as WISE J224607.57-052635.0, may have a behemoth black hole at its belly, gorging itself on gas.

(The Most Luminous Galaxy in Universe, NASA)

The baby behemoths were active, capable of a wider array of maneuvers than adult members of their species, and didn't need parental care after hatching.

(Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives, NSF)

The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that will change daily life, may come from new materials so small they make nanomaterials look like behemoths.

(Picoscience and a plethora of new materials, National Science Foundation)

The first behemoth, KSN 2011a, is nearly 300 times the size of our sun and a mere 700 million light-years from Earth.

(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)