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Olympic

Syllables: Olymp·ic/əˈlɪmpɪk/US/əˈlɪmpɪk/

Olympic adjective: of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.

Adjective

Olympic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.
    • Olympic torch; Olympic champion; Olympic medal; Olympic qualifiers
    Synonyms:
    Olympian
    1. Of a standard associated with the Olympic Games.
      • Olympic swimming pool
      • I have heard it said that the young Chamber of Commerce have put on their future programme the project of building an Olympic swimming pool.1971 10, New Hebrides. Advisory Council, Proceedings of the New Hebrides Advisory Council
  2. (informal) Very large or powerful.
    • Sid's stomach was practicing gagging motions for an eruption of absolutely Olympic proportions with his cheeks puffing quickly in and out to the beat.2013 August 19, Graham Smith, Macbeth, Author House, →ISBN, page 91
    • That bed was Olympic, and held some of Julia's best-worst memories.2025 March 11, Laura Newman, The Darling of Blackrock Desert: Three novellas set in the West: Three Novellas Set in the West, Delphinium Books, →ISBN
  3. (rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
    Synonyms:
    Olympian
  4. (rare) Detached or liberated from petty concerns; godlike.
    • According to the late Dr. Otis T. Mason, who was my informant on this subject, he left as a memory of his visit a reputation for mental detachment that was Olympic in its character.1916, Biochemical Bulletin
    • The little paper contained none of the customary lampoons on Bloods and Masters. It was Olympic in its aloofness from school politics.1919, Arnold Lunn, Loose Ends
  5. (rare) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.
    Synonyms:
    Olympian

Noun

Olympic (plural Olympics)

  1. (slang) Five consecutive ducks.

Olympic meaning in Bengali and Arabic

Olympic in Bengali

অলিম্পিক, অলিম্পিক গেমস সংক্রান্ত

Olympic in Arabic

of or pertaining to the Olympic Games
أُولِمْبِيّ ʔulimbiyy
of or pertaining to mountain Olympus
أُولِمْبِيّ ʔulimbiyy

Synonyms of Olympic

Forms of Olympic

pluralOlympics

Origin of Olympic

From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).

Words formed from Olympic

Phrases with Olympic

Questions about Olympic

What does Olympic mean?
Olympic means of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.
What is Olympic in Bengali?
Olympic in Bengali is অলিম্পিক, অলিম্পিক গেমস সংক্রান্ত. See Olympic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Olympic?
Olympic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Olympic?
Olympic is pronounced /əˈlɪmpɪk/ (UK).

Words near Olympic in the dictionary

  1. Olympianizes
  2. Olympianizing
  3. Olympianly
  4. Olympians
  5. Olympias
  6. Olympic
  7. Olympic Athletes from Russia
  8. Olympic breakfast
  9. Olympic diving
  10. Olympic flame
  11. Olympic flames

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Olympic (page history and authors); olympic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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