Cyclops as a noun: - 1
cyclops - 2
cyclops
noun
1 Cyclops
Greek mythology One of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.
Dutch: cycloop
Polish: cyklop
2 cyclops
Minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms.
synonym: water flea.
Dutch: waterluis, watervlo
Polish: oczlik
Roget 547:
dupe,
gull,
gudgeon,
gobemouche†,
cull [Slang],
cully†,
victim,
pigeon,
April fool†;
jay [Slang],
sucker [Slang];
laughingstock
etc.
857;
Cyclops,
simple Simon,
flat;
greenhorn;
fool
etc.
501;
puppet,
cat's paw.
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Roget 192:
size,
magnitude,
dimension,
bulk,
volume;
largeness
etc.
adj.;
greatness
etc.
(of quantity)
31;
expanse
etc.
(space)
180;
amplitude,
mass;
proportions.
capacity,
tonnage,
tunnage;
cordage;
caliber,
scantling.
turgidity
etc.
(expansion)
194;
corpulence,
obesity;
plumpness
etc.
adj.;
embonpoint,
corporation,
flesh and blood,
lustihood.
hugeness
etc.
adj.;
enormity,
immensity,
monstrosity.
giant,
Brobdingnagian,
Antaeus,
Goliath,
Gog and Magog,
Gargantua,
monster,
mammoth,
Cyclops;
cachalot,
whale,
porpoise,
behemoth,
leviathan,
elephant,
hippopotamus;
colossus;
tun,
cord,
lump,
bulk,
block,
loaf,
mass,
swad,
clod,
nugget,
bushel,
thumper,
whooper,
spanker,
strapper;
Triton among the minnows"
[Coriolanus].
mountain,
mound;
heap
etc.
(assemblage)
72.
largest portion
etc.
50;
full size,
life size.
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Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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Roget 159:
strength;
power
etc.
157;
energy
etc.
171;
vigor,
force;
main force,
physical force,
brute force;
spring,
elasticity,
tone,
tension,
tonicity.
stoutness
etc.
adj.;
lustihood†,
stamina,
nerve,
muscle,
sinew,
thews and sinews,
physique;
pith,
pithiness;
virtility,
vitality.
athletics,
athleticism†;
gymnastics,
feats of strength.
adamant,
steel,
iron,
oak,
heart of oak;
iron grip;
grit,
bone.
athlete,
gymnast,
acrobat;
superman,
Atlas,
Hercules,
Antaeus†,
Samson,
Cyclops,
Goliath;
tower of strength;
giant refreshed.
strengthening
etc.
v.;
invigoration,
refreshment,
refocillation†.
[Science of forces]
dynamics,
statics.
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