DINOSAURS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

dinosaurs

noun

plural of dinosaur

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

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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

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Recent Examples of dinosaurs Its discovery adds to our understanding of one of the world’s premier fossil deposits and what life in Illinois looked like even before dinosaurs. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026 For the dinosaurs that survived the initial blast, the world became an unforgiving wilderness of starvation and severe climate shifts. — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Sereno hopes to publish new research on Rex Junior and other dinosaurs from the Zerbst Ranch in early 2027. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 Scientists have unearthed only a handful of tracks from other dinosaurs in the wider Hell Creek Formation. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 Some studies suggested many dinosaurs were endotherms, generating their own body heat like birds and mammals. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026 Districts could be drawn that look like dinosaurs, steam locomotives or Frankenstein monsters. — Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026 The findings add to the growing body of research into how dinosaurs functioned. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026 Eagle says that's higher than a reptile or some slower mammals like sloths, but lower than birds, which evolved from dinosaurs. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

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Behind the reception desk, a wall of 109 wooden pigeonholes doubles as an art installation, with some compartments displaying replicas of the property's original room keys and others filled with nautical relics reflecting Naples's coastal allure.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
When it was closed down in 1539, its treasures, books and relics were seized and its lands and buildings sold off, some to local nobles and gentry, some to the town authorities of Bury.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of relics

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For decades, the seabirds have pecked at whales surfacing to breathe, gorging on their skin and blubber.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
The new interpretations of the Endangered Species Act remove some of the legal basis for enforcing rules for noisy seismic surveys, speed limits on vessels and restrictions on shipping routes designed to help protect the whales from harm.

— Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of whales

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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
As rural communities across the United States wage intensifying battles to keep AI-computing data centers out of their backyards, some tech giants are mulling methods that could sidestep such local resentment — by sending the facilities to space.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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They’re rooted in a time and place that feels all too real, and this allows the monsters to parade their primitive might in a way that means something.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
The poet, Pavese implies, is a creature of Chaos—that anarchic state in which good is mixed with bad and monsters mingle with men and gods.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of monsters

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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 mammoths

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Yet, some birds can sing louder than animals much bigger than them, such as elephants, lions or bison, which indicates another mechanism is at play that allows birds to be loud that is yet to be discovered, the researchers noted.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
The 11,700-square-foot house is part of Thanda Safari, a roughly 40,000-acre private game reserve where elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, and buffalo roam and giraffes and zebras can sometimes be spotted right from the home.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026

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