If you describe someone as a titan of a particular field, you mean that they are very important and powerful or successful in that field.
...the country's two richest business titans.
...the titans of Renaissance literature: Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne and Milton.
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Synonyms: giant, superman or woman, colossus, leviathan More Synonyms of titan
titan in British English
(ˈtaɪtən) or feminine titaness
noun
a person of great strength or size
Word origin
C17: from Titan1
Titan in British English1
(ˈtaɪtən) or feminine Titaness
noun Greek mythology
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
Titan in British English2
(ˈtaɪtən)
noun
the largest satellite of the planet Saturn, discovered by Huygens in 1655; it has a hazy atmosphere consisting largely of nitrogen with some methane and ethane; liquid hydrocarbon lakes at the polar regions. Diameter: 5150 km
Titan in American English
(ˈtaɪtən)
noun
1. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
Helios
2. Greek Mythology
any of a race of giant deities who are overthrown by the Olympian gods
3. [t-]
any person or thing of great size or power
4.
the largest of the satellites of Saturn: the only one in the solar system known to have a permanent atmosphere