BUNYANESQUE Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

Bunyanesque

adjective

Definition of Bunyanesque

as in mammoth

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Adjective

The firm is also no longer pursuing a new business-to-business dry-cleaning business that would have made use of its mammoth cleaning operation.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Expect Baker Mayfield to show up and show out in his first game after a mammoth contract extension.

— The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of mammoth

Adjective

In the colossal yet claustrophobic world that Khrzhanovsky has created (or recreated), Russians are stuck between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the sickle.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Trump to get access to that colossal wealth and Musk to avoid government investigations into his enterprises and to maintain access to the federal piggybank and untold troves of data.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of colossal

Adjective

Now, as the profile at the position has begun to shift, Judge’s prodigious power from the outfield is just one more huge element that divides him from the rest of the sport.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 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

The gargantuan nose tackle slid down the 2025 draft chutes over a nagging back problem the University of Kentucky declined to shut down.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
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

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

These three mysterious elements of the cosmos have played a vital role in the evolution of large-scale cosmic structures like galaxies and galaxy clusters.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Such precision matters because even small improvements in astronomical measurements can help scientists test existing theories about how the universe developed and refine models of cosmic evolution.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of cosmic

Adjective

The gigantic sinkhole, which formed in the driveway of the Malibu, California, home, is estimated to be up to 30 feet deep, 30 feet wide and 60 feet long, according to a proclamation of a local emergency issued by the City of Malibu.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
The 6-foot-6, 238-pounder is basically a gigantic receiver who isn’t afraid to put his hand in the dirt and block.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 9 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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