AMAZON Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

amazon

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Definition of amazon

as in giant

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Matt Koch, the lawns research fellow for gardening giant Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, met recently with the president to discuss planting new grass on the White House’s South Lawn.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
But in terms of sanctions, Beijing has yet to directly target an American tech giant.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of giant

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Hippos, which are herbivores, are the third-largest land animal after elephants and white rhinos and can weigh as much as 8,000 pounds.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Another farmer, Rymondy Mrosso, also questioned whether pesticides used by local farmers could explain the deaths and wondered why only elephants appeared to have been affected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of elephant

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These behemoths don’t just store information like traditional data centers.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Modern merchant ships, often bare-bones behemoths designed to offer owners the highest possible rate of return, are proving to be surprisingly vulnerable.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of behemoth

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Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

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Lomu, meanwhile, has taken some snaps with the first-team offense, both giving Moses a break at right tackle and as a jumbo tight end in short-yardage packages.

— Chad Graff, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Lomu has seen his jumbo tight end snaps decline sharply in recent practices, perhaps a reflection of the staff’s confidence in Arkin.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026

Definition of jumbo

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In the new science-fiction mystery The End of Oak Street, Hathaway stars alongside Ewan McGregor as a couple whose family comes face-to-face with dinosaurs in their neighborhood.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Now the marketing very explicitly features dinosaurs chasing the family, to the point that Starbuck is talking about it and trying to appeal to moms on Facebook who might be among the nearly million followers to this AI feed.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026

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