BUNYANESQUE Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

Bunyanesque

adjective

Definition of Bunyanesque

as in mammoth

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Adjective

Christopher Nolan’s newest mammoth IMAX film opens today, and Sacramento is home to one of only a handful of theaters nationwide that can screen the film in its intended format.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
In the 1950s, people were hooking mammoth groupers, marine goliaths that could be six feet in length.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of mammoth

Adjective

Production designer Ruth De Jong’s colossal sets (the city of Troy is especially impressive) and Ellen Mirojnick’s costumes, drawn from both history and myth, add to the immersive feel of the storytelling.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
In fact, Gabrielle and Katerina attribute the restaurant’s early colossal success to a Los Angeles Times review.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of colossal

Adjective

That many digits might seem gargantuan by terrestrial standards, but computers deal with much bigger.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
For those who like to play the draw games with the gargantuan jackpots, Wednesday’s Powerball pull will be worth $434 million.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

Definition of gargantuan

Adjective

The pair has engaged in some titanic battles in the league, with the rivalry often tipping over into the realm of hostility.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Ganna delivered a titanic turn, with the British squad in the hotseat for the majority of the race’s second half — but they were pipped by the penultimate starters Visma.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of titanic

Adjective

That's all thanks to the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which has captured a vibrant view of the Corona Australis molecular cloud, that shows the star-forming region resembling a cosmic take on Vincent Van Gogh's iconic painting The Starry Night.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2026
The goal is to test a hypothesis that a total eclipse can affect the amount of cosmic radiation striking Earth from space.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

Definition of cosmic

Adjective

Last year was marked by an era of Hollywood belt-tightening, after some gigantic box office duds and some production moving out of Los Angeles.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2026
Christopher Nolan’s passionate love affair with the Premium Large Format moviegoing experience peaks with The Odyssey, a gigantic undertaking that marks the first feature shot entirely with IMAX Film Cameras.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of gigantic

Adjective

The five-story Osaka Castle, a recreation of the original keep (which was destroyed on several occasions), is built on solid cyclopean foundations, with mint green roof tiles and golden accoutrements that bear striking similarities with Nagoya Castle.

— CNN, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
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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