Definition of "leviathan" in English

noun

1. (biblical, mythology) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.

2. A thing which is monstrously great in size, strength, etc. (especially a ship); also, a person with great power or wealth.

3. Sometimes in the form Leviathan: based on the writings of Thomas Hobbes, the political state, especially a domineering and totalitarian one.

   • Holonym: the System

4. Synonym of Satan (“the supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil”).

adjective

1. Very large; enormous, gargantuan.