| noun | an athlete who participates in the Olympic games |
| noun | a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans |
| adjective | of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants “Olympian plain” |
| adjective | of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus “Olympian deities” |
| adjective | majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters “his majestic presence” |
| adjective | far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree “a night of exceeding darkness” |
| Olympian | adjective | of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus |
| Olympia | noun | a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games |
| Olympus | noun | a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high) |
| Olympian | noun | a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans |
| exception | noun | an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization |