olympian

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /oʊˈlɪmpiən/ UK /əˈlɪmpiən/ See IPA manual

adj noun

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adj
majestic, lofty, or aloof; relating to Mount Olympus or the Olympic Games

She surveyed the chaos with olympian calm.

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Synonyms

1 adj · majestic, lofty, or aloof;... majestic lofty exalted godlike aloof superior grand

Opposites

lowly humble mundane earthly

Word family

Derived forms olympianism

Related forms olympusolympic olympiad

Etymology

From Latin 'Olympianus', from Greek 'Olympios', relating to Mount Olympus (Greek 'Olympos'), the seat of the gods; the figurative sense 'lofty, godlike, aloof' derives from the divine dwelling.

Ὄλυμπος Ancient Greek

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# olympian

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** oʊˈlɪmpiən
**IPA (UK):** əˈlɪmpiən

## Meanings
1. majestic, lofty, or aloof; relating to Mount Olympus or the Olympic Games

## Examples
- She surveyed the chaos with olympian calm.

## Synonyms
- majestic
- lofty
- exalted
- godlike
- aloof
- superior
- grand

## Antonyms
- lowly
- humble
- mundane
- earthly

## Derived Forms
- olympianism

## Related Forms
- olympus
- olympic
- olympiad

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Ὄλυμπος

## Etymology
From Latin 'Olympianus', from Greek 'Olympios', relating to Mount Olympus (Greek 'Olympos'), the seat of the gods; the figurative sense 'lofty, godlike, aloof' derives from the divine dwelling.

## AI Etymology
Olympian comes from Latin 'Olympianus', from Greek 'Olympios', relating to Mount Olympus (Greek 'Olympos'), the seat of the gods; the figurative sense 'lofty, godlike, aloof' derives from the divine dwelling. The etymological trail includes Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος. As an adjective, olympian means majestic, lofty, or aloof; relating to Mount Olympus or the Olympic Games. The same family is visible in derived forms such as olympianism and related forms such as olympus, olympic, and olympiad.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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