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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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

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Recent Examples of dinosaurs Some are composites assembled from multiple dinosaurs or replica bones to create the illusion of a more complete skeleton. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 May 2026 Kank australis belongs to the unenlagiids, a family of small-to-medium theropod dinosaurs discovered across Late Cretaceous deposits in South America, Antarctica, Australia, and Madagascar. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026 Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs. —

Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 May 2026 Cabot also said that the dinosaurs always returned to the same general area to lay their eggs. —

Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026 In other words, for younger visitors who are familiar with Pokémon characters but unfamiliar with various types of dinosaurs, the exhibition is a pathway into real science. —

Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026 This spring and summer, an interactive exhibit in Oakland will unleash a whole menagerie of cool dinosaurs upon the populace — turkey-sized velociraptors, spiky stegosaurs and of course big ol T-rex itself. —

John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 May 2026 Or, perhaps most dramatically, one such clustering happened some 66 million years ago when an asteroid collided with Earth, darkening the skies and likely wiping out the dinosaurs - and over half of all plant species. —

Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026 The business features three game rooms where visitors can suit up in virtual reality gear to go face to face with dinosaurs or save the planet from alien invasions. —

Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 19 May 2026

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Once considered delightfully kitschy relics of suburban Americana, porch geese are waddling their way back into the spotlight.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
The 700-year-old circular Bellver Castle is an architectural gem, briefly used as royal residence, mostly as a ghastly political and military prison over six centuries, and now a museum of Roman and other relics.

— Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026