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
  • The date is dangerously close to that of the opening of the Whitney’s mammoth Roy Lichtenstein exhibition, scheduled to begin member previews on October 8.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That projection is gargantuan, equivalent to the output from mammoth American economic engines, such as transportation, restaurants and hotels.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of mammoth
Adjective
  • The sensational international rescue of the famously sentient creatures, replete with colossal cargo planes, huge crates and Shedd staffers working in the dead of night to transport and care for the whales, must have looked made for social media.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • From the tiny unit of matter—the atom, invisible to the eye—comes an explosion of colossal proportions.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of colossal
Adjective
  • Stanton has also been a prodigious postseason performer, boasting 18 home runs in 48 career playoff games.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The back of the Torcal hints at last year’s EXP 15 Concept, while the taut and muscular haunches allude to the model’s prodigious output.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of prodigious
Adjective
  • The gargantuan mill is mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and makes 1,167 hp and 1,100 ft lbs of torque.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Halting these development efforts now would take the kind of gargantuan global effort that Kirchwey and others called for in 1945.
    — Richard Kreitner, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of gargantuan
Adjective
  • The plot, which stage director Adam Cioffari has moved to the present day, is about a small Italian opera company’s rehearsal gone wrong due to a titanic clash of egos.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Over the years, titanic night sessions have become synonymous with the US Open.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of titanic
Adjective
  • But more massive PBHs would last longer, with those roughly the mass of an asteroid enduring to evaporate in our current cosmic epoch.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But compared to galaxies, which can host 100 billion similarly sized star systems, even these cosmic titans are relatively small in stature.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cosmic
Adjective
  • Think again of a gigantic system of pipes, each of which is open or closed with a certain probability.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Find an old Porsche, Jaguar or Mini, rip everything out, throw in a gigantic modern engine, carbon-fiber bodywork and enough computing power to launch a satellite, then ask half a million dollars for it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 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 6 Oct. 2026.

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