Bunyanesque

adjective

Definition of Bunyanesquenext
as in mammoth

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  1. mammoth
  2. colossal
  3. prodigious
  4. gargantuan
  5. titanic
  6. cosmic
  7. gigantic
  8. cyclopean
Adjective
  • In addition to the mammoth bail sum, Judge Kevin McGrath on Thursday ordered Romero to surrender his passport.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Or his flustering a gynecologist by insisting that Julie, whose belly is of mammoth proportions, isn’t really pregnant.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of mammoth
Adjective
  • Among the companies that pursued a traditional IPO, only Circle is trading close to its listing price—and that’s primarily thanks to the colossal opening day pop the company enjoyed back in June of 2025.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Concrete, when poured over rods of steel, proved strong enough to prop up colossal skyscrapers that Julius Caesar could only have dreamed of.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 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
  • Building this life is the gargantuan task facing people looking to fix the role of technology in their lives.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia announced a $33 million take, adding to his already gargantuan war chest.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of gargantuan
Adjective
  • This supports Beijing’s titanic efforts to fight corruption within its military forces.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of titanic
Adjective
  • The simulations use particles to trace dark matter’s density and velocity, allowing scientists to model how cosmic structures evolved.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In a race against time to prevent further loss, the mission team quickly stowed the sampler head directly inside the return capsule, securing the cosmic treasure for its journey back to Earth.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of cosmic
Adjective
  • The fair had been paying about $1 million a year for the gigantic space, which has hosted nearly 300 galleries in some editions.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • On Friday, that thought process took another gigantic step, as those in charge of putting a product on television have all but signed the official paperwork to once again expand the college football playoff.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 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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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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