leviathan

Definition of leviathan

Nouns

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

Vocabulary Lists for leviathan

Herman Melville's Moby Dick - Chapters 1 - 5 »(475 words)
  • monkey jacket
  • spouter
  • inion
  • tomahawk
  • river horse

David Klass's Firestorm (Caretaker Trilogy, book 1) »(113 words)
  • abyss
  • allude
  • amber
  • amenities
  • amenity

Hiaason "Tourist Season" »(67 words)
  • plaid
  • dinky
  • poll
  • pate
  • jut

William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 1-6 »(194 words)
Vocabulary study list for William Golding's "Lord of...
  • scavenge
  • immure
  • gesticulate
  • efflorescence
  • uncommunicative

mega »(3106 words)
  • anomaly
  • equivocal
  • lucid
  • precipitate
  • abstain

Scott »(494 words)
  • craven
  • alacrity
  • sedulous
  • coda
  • commensurate

William Golding's Lord of the Flies »(431 words)
An excellent list of Lord of the Flies Vocabulary...
  • piggy
  • conch
  • lagoon
  • night-sight
  • fledge

Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 11-17 »(387 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charlotte Bronte's "Jane...
  • ensconce
  • sequester
  • undulate
  • moodiness
  • inure

Gre List 5 »(214 words)
  • abjure
  • abrogate
  • aesthete
  • aggress
  • amortize

Enlightenment List »(206 words)
  • Enlightenment
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • Glorious Revolution
  • Montesquieu
  • Hobbes

Vocabulary Tools

  VocabGrabber Automatically create lists of vocabulary from any text using VocabGrabber.
Try it now!   Spelling Bee Think you are a good speller? Play the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee and find out! Click here to start.