DINOSAURIC Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

dinosauric

adjective

Definition of dinosauric

as in massive

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After a handful of ownership changes throughout the decades, the hotel underwent a massive renovation and reopened in December 2023 as the Mandarin Oriental Savoy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
The chain had blamed the decline on launching too many promotions, plus inadequate customer service and its massive World Cup promotion failing to attract eaters.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of massive

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The two additional 14-inch screens flip outward and can fold back inward when closing the laptop, creating a somewhat portable but bulky machine.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
The David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, designed by Peter Zumthor, opened in April — a sprawling, serpentine concrete mass looming 30 feet above Wilshire Boulevard on seven bulky inhabited pavilions.

— Sam Lubell, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of bulky

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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

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To sleep, no more Two scientists who identified the role that a key neuropeptide plays in the uncontrollable sleepiness of narcolepsy were one of three recipients of the prestigious Lasker Awards, announced Thursday.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026
The engineer abruptly resigned after refusing to contribute to a reckless corporate competition that could ultimately lead to uncontrollable AI.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncontrollable

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The hulking, five-story border checkpoint facility, which loomed over the surrounding area in the grand style of Chinese government facilities, has been obliterated.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
The ballroom project, a hulking party venue that overshadows the White House’s main building and its modest neoclassical design, could be another.

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of hulking

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