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  noun

  a person of great strength or size

Titan

American  

[tahyt-n] / ˈtaɪt n /

noun

1. Classical Mythology.

   1. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaia, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.

   2. Also Titaness any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.

   3. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaia.

2. the Titan, Helios.

3. Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.

4. (usually lowercase) a person or thing of enormous size, strength, power, influence, etc..

   a titan of industry.

5. Military. a two-stage, liquid-fueled U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile in service since the late 1950s and designed for launch from underground silos.

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adjective

1. (lowercase) titanic.

Titan ¹ British  

/ ˈtaɪtən /

noun

1. any of a family of primordial gods, the sons and daughters of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth)

2. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea

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Titan ² British  

/ ˈtaɪtən /

noun

1. the largest satellite of the planet Saturn, having a thick atmosphere consisting mainly of nitrogen. Diameter: 5150 km

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titan ³ British  

/ ˈtaɪtən /

noun

1. a person of great strength or size

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Etymology

Origin of Titan

Late Middle English: “the sun, Helios,” from Latin Tītān, from Greek Tītā́n; Titan defs. 1 and Titan 2 were first recorded in 1400–50; Titan def. 3 was first recorded in 1865–70;

Explanation

A titan is an extremely important person. Albert Einstein was a titan in the world of science. The noun titan comes from Greek mythology, in which the Titans were a race of gods. Today, a titan is someone who is god-like, or powerful and influential in a certain field. Shakespeare was a titan of literature, Wayne Gretzky was a titan of hockey, and The Beatles were titans of music. If you are famous within the world of competitive eating, you might be referred to as a titan of hot dog-eating contests.

Example Sentences

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Turtle is less hopeful about finding fingerprints of life on Titan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

JPL also manages the Deep Space Network — the global array of massive antennas that will transmit commands to the copter and receive data from Titan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Appeared in the August 4, 2026, print edition as 'Whirlpool, Once Global Titan, in World of Hurt'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

He was named after the ruling Titan in Greek mythology who ate all his children.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

The Titan shifted and winced as if Small Bob was clawing his armpit.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Business titan Mark Walter owned the NBA franchise for only a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Alibaba’s 9988 1.61%increase; up pointing triangle earnings slumped in its fiscal first quarter, as the Chinese e-commerce titan continued to invest heavily in artificial intelligence, racing to preserve its lead in the AI sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Australian mining titan BHP reported Tuesday a solid rise in annual profit boosted by surging prices for copper -- a key metal for the global energy transition and AI data centres.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of early web titan Netscape, perhaps started this trend in 2023 with a 5,000-word essay he called "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto", which argued innovation was the way to solve life's problems.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Don’t let me stop you, the titan said.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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