Vocabulary Builder — Essay & Answer Writing
Behemoth
noun
/ bih-HEE-muth /
Medium
Meaning
A huge or monstrously powerful entity — typically an organisation, corporation, or institution.
Origin / Etymology
From Hebrew 'behemoth' (Job 40:15), referring to a huge beast (possibly the hippopotamus). Adopted into English as a metaphor for any massive entity.
Synonyms
Colossus
Goliath
Juggernaut
Antonyms
Minnow
Pygmy
Example Sentence
"Big Tech behemoths — Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft — have collectively crossed USD 12 trillion in market capitalisation, prompting India's Digital Competition Bill (2024) to adopt EU-style ex-ante regulation."
🎯 UPSC Usage
GS3 Economy / GS2 Governance: Use for monopolistic or systemically important entities — Big Tech, public-sector behemoths (LIC, SBI), state-owned enterprises. Conveys scale + concentration risk.
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