AMAZON Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

amazon

noun

Definition of amazon

as in giant

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Andersen predicts security concerns will ultimately keep China’s turbine giants from conquering the continent.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
The tech giant vowed to publish its energy and water use annually, and spend more than $1 billion over five years on free community college, trades training, and home energy-efficiency upgrades in data center counties.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of giant

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Elephants can be extremely destructive and dangerous, and several African countries must confront the problem of elephant herds destroying farmers' crops and infrastructure as well as killing or injuring people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
The style’s unique details are what separates it from a standard Air Jordan 3, with a geometric pattern replacing the elephant print typically found on the model’s toe and heel overlays.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of elephant

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Pontus Jansson, a colossus at that level, had been replaced by this tall but slight and inexperienced kid from Brighton & Hove Albion.

— Amitai Winehouse, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Ternus can’t simply bring the colossus that is Apple back to its hungry startup days, Milanesi said.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 25 July 2026

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The leading hypothesis is that the whale calves are suffering infections from marine bacteria that can enter their bodies through injuries inflicted by kelp gulls, Uhart said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
The set moves in and out, another set rolls over, and another is on a gimbal that sways as the whale moves.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of whale

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In ancient California, they are believed to have existed alongside other extinct native species, including bison-sized Jefferson’s ground sloths, Columbian mammoths and western camels.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of mammoth

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Abrams has also led dinosaur digs for 16 years and prepared hundreds of fossils.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
Gonzo invites questions Two of the three biologists ended up putting Gonzo on the branch that produced theropod dinosaurs and birds, but by different routes.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

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