Synonyms of dinosaurs

dinosaurs

noun

plural of dinosaur

1

as in relics

one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity

as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relics
• fossils
• has-beens
• fogies
• troglodytes
• mossbacks
• old-timers
• throwbacks
• fuddy-duddies
• stodges
• stick-in-the-muds
• dodoes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comers
• rising stars
• up-and-comers

2

as in whales

something or someone that is unusually large and powerful

not that his small lawn needed such a dinosaur, but he bought a riding mower anyway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whales
• giants
• monsters
• mammoths
• elephants
• titans
• mastodons
• behemoths
• leviathans
• hulks
• blockbusters
• Goliaths
• colossi
• dreadnoughts
• jumbos
• whoppers
• heavyweights
• amazons
• giantesses
• juggernauts
• bulks
• steamrollers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrimp
• mites
• pygmies
• midgets
• dwarfs
• runts
• diminutives
• half-pints
• wisps
• weaklings
• lightweights
• wimps
• peewees
• nonentities
• whippersnappers
• twerps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dinosaurs

Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist who hunts and writes about dinosaurs. — Big Think, 31 July 2026

The collection is inspired by some of the museum's most iconic exhibits and features apparel and accessories for the whole family, with playful nods to everything from towering dinosaurs to tiny insects. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Paramount+ delivered the main full trailer for season 4 on June 15, 2026, and it’s packed with dinosaurs, cowboys, horses, space storms, dreams, nightmares, fire-breathing dragons, haunted spaceships, and hallucinatory pleasure planets. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 July 2026

Whatever difficulties this might create, dealing with Cassell is probably preferable to trying to get past some dinosaurs via Una’s shoot-the-dinosaur-in-the-mouth stun-and-run strategy, as effective as this turns out to be. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 July 2026

Afterward, go for a digestive walk along the shore while looking for fossils, including from dinosaurs. — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026

Vehicle manufacturers promised all-electric lineups, spent billions on engineering, and told investors that gasoline was dead—internal combustion engines were going the way of dinosaurs. — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

This was well before the dinosaurs, but the period’s foot-long cockroaches would still have given Spielberg plenty to work with in Pennsylvanian Park. — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

The dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and World are tops for Universal, with Minions just passing Fast & Furious for second this summer, thanks to its latest film. — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 21 July 2026