BUNYANESQUE Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

Bunyanesque

adjective

Definition of Bunyanesque

as in mammoth

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Adjective

The company behind Google and YouTube cited similar mammoth investments in AI.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Naturally, as Market attendees gathered for the Theodore Alexander anniversary party on October 16, the mammoth Pentreath chair served as the entrance’s red-carpet beacon.

— The Editors of AD, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of mammoth

Adjective

The most successful animal artist of all time is surely Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), perhaps most recognizable for the four colossal sculptures of lions guarding the base of Nelson’s Column, in London’s Trafalgar Square.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Fertility startups have proliferated and expanded across the country, undergirded by colossal private equity and venture capital investments seeking returns.

— Pooja Yerramilli, STAT, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of colossal

Adjective

Yiyun Li’s novel follows real-life 18th century pianist John Field, whose prodigious talent costs him his childhood, and Adelaide Percheron, an orphan denied a public life by her gender and station.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Wilde’s prodigious gift was his use of language, but dance is traditionally a nonverbal art.

— Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of prodigious

Adjective

Spotted out and about in New York City, the singer appeared to be carrying everything but the kitchen sink in an absolutely gargantuan leather bag, while teetering along in a pair of ballet shoes that took the humble flat to dizzying new heights.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
The Storehouse is gargantuan, extending over four airy, interconnected levels and containing a quarter of a million objects.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of gargantuan

Adjective

But under that titanic trackpad, the Acer Swift Go 16 AI is powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 processor that makes multitasking a breeze and local AI processing easy.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
This supports Beijing’s titanic efforts to fight corruption within its military forces.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of titanic

Adjective

These jets collide with cosmic gas, which generates afterglows seen across visible light, radio waves, and X-rays.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026
Under his influence, the cosmic scales are tipped in favor of darkness, and everyone’s fate, from superheroes to regular Joes, turns out much more grim.

— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of cosmic

Adjective

That's when the Brewers' incredible penchant for outperforming on batting average on balls in play reared its gigantic head yet again.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
His trust in his lead deckhand would have created an atmosphere of collaboration within the team were Matt’s ego not so gigantic.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of gigantic

Adjective

As a result, both cellular lineages were incorporated into a single, ancient, cyclopean eye, which later evolved into the vertebrate eyes.

— Federica Sgorbissa, ArsTechnica, 6 Mar. 2026
The wall was built with a range of construction techniques, including cyclopean masonry.

— Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021

Definition of cyclopean

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