Definition of Olympian

1. Noun. An athlete who participates in the Olympic games.

Generic synonyms: Athlete, Jock

2. Adjective. Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants. "Olympian plain"
Exact synonyms: Olympic
Partainyms: Olympia, Olympia
Derivative terms: Olympia

3. Noun. A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans.
Exact synonyms: Olympic God
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity

4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus. "Olympian deities"
Partainyms: Mount Olympus
Derivative terms: Olympus

5. Adjective. Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters. "Olympian beauty and serene composure"
Exact synonyms: Majestic
Similar to: Superior

6. Adjective. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree. "The young Mozart's prodigious talents"
Exact synonyms: Exceeding, Exceptional, Prodigious, Surpassing
Similar to: Extraordinary
Derivative terms: Exception

Definition of Olympian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.

Definition of Olympian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Greek gods. ¹

2. Adjective. (figuratively) Of heroic or godlike proportions ¹

3. Adjective. Of or relating to Olympia or Mount Olympus. ¹

4. Adjective. Of or relating the Olympic Games. ¹

5. Noun. (mythology) Any of the 12 principal gods of the Greek pantheon; Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, and Hades. ¹

6. Noun. Someone from Olympia. ¹

7. Noun. (sports) An athlete competing in the Olympics (qualifier chiefly US). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Olympian

Ollier's method
Ollier's theory
Ollier-Thiersch graft
Ollier graft
Olmec
Olmecs
Olmsted
Olomouc
Olorun
Olszewski
Olsztyn
Oltenia
Olwen
Olympia
Olympiad
Olympian (current term)
Olympian Games
Olympianism
Olympians
Olympias
Olympic
Olympic Games
Olympic National Park
Olympic Peninsula
Olympic Rings
Olympic Winter Games
Olympic diving
Olympic goal
Olympic goals
Olympic god

Literary usage of Olympian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"THE Olympian GAMES In this season of turbulence and returning barbarism, Iphitus, a descendant, probably grandson, of Oxylus (though so deficient were the ..."

2. Archaeologia Graeca: Or, The Antiquities of Greece by John Potter, George Dunbar (1818)
"Of the Olympic Games, THE Olympian games were so called from Olympian Jupiter, to whom they were dedicated, or from Olympia, a city in the territory of the ..."

3. The Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base by Charles A. Peverelly (1866)
"Olympian, 35 and 63; total, 98, with seven wickets to fall; Philadelphia, 63 and 36; ... Olympian, 58 and 111 ; total, 169, with eight wickets to fall; ..."

4. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"drove the Olympian ... the lawless soldiery did not quit Skiathos until they had consumed everything on which they could lay their hands. While the Olympian ..."

5. Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age by William Ewart Gladstone (1858)
"Although we have found it difficult in one or two cases to pronounce with respect to certain divine personages, whether they are Olympian or not, ..."

6. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion by Jane Ellen Harrison (1903)
"holy oracular snake that Apollo slew, the intrusion is hard to bear. The triumph of the Olympian order is still more clearly presented in the design in fig. ..."

7. The Iliad of Homer, with an Interlinear Translation: With an Interlinear by Homer (1888)
"... immortals having Olympian abodes no-longer dcli- o<-ên фра- berate {¡apart (in ... Olympian ..."

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