Bunyanesque

Definition of Bunyanesquenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bunyanesque
Adjective
  • Markley data center in Lowell The Markley data center is a mammoth building.
    David Wade, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Other mammoth rehab projects in the works nearby are expected to help fill vacant offices and revive aging skyscrapers with new apartments and hotel rooms.
    Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • These are players who have worked hard and earned their place here, some of whom will only play at one World Cup, and they have been put at a colossal disadvantage.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Our ambition was to bring back the magic of Old Paris and the colossal transformation led by Napoleon III and Haussmann, with premium production values in both cinematography and visual effects.
    Roberto Prieto, Variety, 16 June 2026
Adjective
  • Nearly 30 years before the prodigious young soccer player made his mark on this World Cup, the Freeman name flashed across a Seattle scoreboard after a productive day in another kind of football.
    Rick Maese, Washington Post, 20 June 2026
  • The wild card is Chicago alto saxophonist Lenard Simpson, a prodigious young player known for his impassioned improvisational flights.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • At their largest, marine heat waves like the Northeast Pacific Warm Blob of 2013-2014 can grow to gargantuan proportions, with regions three times the size of Texas experiencing ocean temperatures 4 to 6 F (about 2 to 3 C) above average for months or even years.
    Dillon Amaya, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
  • Baldoni, who denied the allegations, filed a gargantuan defamation suit for $400 million against Lively and her camp, as well as a $250 million libel suit against The New York Times’ coverage of the claims.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • The titanic teams from segregated times are eliminated.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Heightening the conflict is the fact that both the host and the guest are world-famous writers, each with a titanic ego.
    Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • While the mission was designed with dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets in mind, Roman’s unprecedented observational capability will offer practically limitless opportunities for astronomers to explore all kinds of cosmic topics.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
  • The Love Goddess Venus rises in your 10th House of Career and Status, standing opposite cosmic detective Pluto in your 4th House of Home, so public goals confront private truths that need recognition.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • Miami knows a variety of sports on a gigantic scale more than most big cities.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • And two, the logo is ugly and gigantic.
    Mariana Zapata, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
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
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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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