DINOSAURIAN Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

dinosaurian

adjective

Definition of dinosaurian

as in dinosauric

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Queen Kapiolani, Hawaii’s queen from 1874 to 1891, died on the land that became the site of the elephantine indoor/outdoor Hyatt Regency resort in Waikīkī, where Kumukahi was the cultural ambassador for a decade.

— Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Eclectic traditionalism, remade on an elephantine scale, is the style of totalitarianism.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025

Definition of elephantine

Adjective

On Monday, stand-up comedians on social media launched a massive awareness campaign to pressure one of their own, Sebastian Maniscalco, to reconsider recent programming decisions at his SiriusXM radio station, Sebastian Maniscalco’s Comedy Radio.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
The whole story unfolds within a massive narrative arc that spans the roughly 20 years of the hunt for the Monster.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of massive

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But a big cooler is one guest that can really crash and burn the party – a hard, bulky nuisance that's uncomfortable on or near the bed and unsecure outside the vehicle.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
Those bulky glass instruments break easily and need high electrical voltage to run.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bulky

Adjective

Elementary school students may have tantrums, be clingy, have toileting accidents, engage in uncontrollable crying or become less talkative as a result of changes in schools, homes and caregivers.

— Nikki R Wooten, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
DeStefano kicked into a quasi-rock groove on acoustic guitar, and the guys launched into a chorus about shaking off uncontrollable hassles and restoring positivity.

— Tom Roland, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncontrollable

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Block after block of hulking data centers – both new and under construction – rise up seemingly out of nowhere from rolling plains and fields of sunflowers and sorghum.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
The blades were smaller then, the towers shorter, the whole apparatus closer to a windmill than the hulking machines erected today—the tallest of which exceed 300 meters, with rotor blades longer than a football field.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of hulking

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