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1. Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters
   "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure"
   - majestic
    
2. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
   "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"
   - exceeding, exceptional, prodigious, surpassing

1. An athlete who participates in the Olympic games
    
2. A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans
   - Olympic god

1. Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants
   "Olympian plain"
   - Olympic
    
2. Of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus
   "Olympian deities"

Derived forms: Olympians

See also: extraordinary, Olympia, Olympus, superior

Type of: athlete, Greek deity, jock [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Olympian