noun
- something very large and powerful, especially a large organization or institution
- a very large sea creature
Usage: biblical; literary
Examples
- The tech company had grown into a corporate leviathan with offices worldwide.
- Government bureaucracy can become a leviathan that’s difficult to control.
- The shipping leviathan dominated international trade routes.
- Ancient sailors told stories of a great leviathan that could swallow ships whole.
- The oil tanker was a steel leviathan cutting through the waves.
- Small businesses struggled to compete with the retail leviathan.