Bunyanesque

adjective

Definition of Bunyanesquenext
as in mammoth

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bunyanesque
  1. mammoth
  2. colossal
  3. prodigious
  4. gargantuan
  5. titanic
  6. cosmic
  7. gigantic
  8. cyclopean
Adjective
  • And though there’s a sense Anthropic fever has escalated in recent months (including the demand explosion around the company’s mammoth $65 billion fundraise), Anthropic shares have been the most prized for some time.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Texas coach Steve Sarkisian, whose team played that mammoth opener at Ohio State last year, now has the Buckeyes in Week 2.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of mammoth
Adjective
  • Chinese leader Xi Jinping, by comparison, hasn’t just been building colossal scale in priority sectors — robotics, aerospace, green tech.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The two bodies of water are nestled just north of an area where hundreds of people were killed by colossal landslides on the Nepal-China border on Wednesday.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of colossal
Adjective
  • Those efforts of prodigious power were headlined by Pete Crow-Armstrong (one) and Bregman (two).
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Kimi Antonelli’s prodigious success is in part the product of Mercedes’ system for identifying and developing young talent, The Athletic writes.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of prodigious
Adjective
  • While sometimes vitriolic discussions about the gargantuan structures have accompanied increasingly unavoidable AI conversations, data centers themselves have been around since the 1940s.
    — Greta Reich, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The government also said last month that its total debt — the cumulative total of all the deficits — has reached a gargantuan $40 trillion.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of gargantuan
Adjective
  • That’s ink as in newsprint, the foundation on which Rupert Murdoch built himself up from Australian carpetbagger to titanic media oligarch.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Bourdain died by suicide on June 8, 2018, leaving behind a titanic legacy as a cultural storyteller who introduced viewers and readers to much more than a good meal.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of titanic
Adjective
  • Some Grouper tracks are cosmic, with synths appearing like auroras along the firmament; others use wispy, haunted vocals and acoustic guitar like gentle brushstrokes on a boundless canvas.
    — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The signature of this additional cosmic artist was found within grains of dust sealed in DOM 08006, a meteorite recovered from Antarctica in 2008.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of cosmic
Adjective
  • Steinem, who struggled with stage fright most of her life, talked with women at gigantic conferences and in intimate kaffeeklatsches.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • But chaos ensues when Nick and Troy hijack one of those parade vehicles that just happens to be equipped with a gigantic nuclear bomb.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 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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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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