as in gigantic
unusually large
the wedding reception was held under an elephantine tent on the great lawn
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Recent Examples of elephantine
The elephantine dance is constant: Each load is dumped, pushed, and dropped into a pit immense enough to hold 15,000 tons of waste (more than the city’s entire daily output).
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Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
The life of a mastodon, an elephantine creature that roamed across North America 13,000 years ago, has been illuminated by a study of its tusks.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 June 2022
Pop goddesses were not diving from the rafters and guitar heroes were not casting elephantine shadows.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2022
Johns’s entire body of work, to go by this elephantine show of more than 500 works, is akin to a trove of Nabokovian love letters — obscure and thwarted, but also punning, mordant, full of life.
—Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
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Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
The life of a mastodon, an elephantine creature that roamed across North America 13,000 years ago, has been illuminated by a study of its tusks.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 June 2022
Pop goddesses were not diving from the rafters and guitar heroes were not casting elephantine shadows.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2022
Johns’s entire body of work, to go by this elephantine show of more than 500 works, is akin to a trove of Nabokovian love letters — obscure and thwarted, but also punning, mordant, full of life.
—Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephantine
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There’s also a massive leg lumbering in the distance which could be a Sentinel, the gigantic, mutant-hunting robots that are some of X-Men’s most iconic villains.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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Chaplin holds many vestiges of its former ownership, from an old saw mill and furnace from when Chaplin was making his films, to his footsteps, to a gigantic set of muppet eyes overlooking the soundstage room.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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The giant warehouse, which is located at 1855 Freeman Avenue, is loaded with collectibles, sports memorabilia, vintage toys and above all, a museum of books, all of which once belonged to James Rappaport and his former business partner.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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The float at the front of the line featured Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy with Mickey waving the flag, Goofy banging a drum, and Donald on flute, a giant eagle looming over them from behind.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Open my soul to the vast dark places.—
Gwen Faulkenberry,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Both nations boast vast petroleum reserves and extensive mineral wealth, long positioning themselves as anti-imperialist adversaries of the US.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Middle Kingdom is making enormous strides toward large-scale solar power production – and other nations should follow suit.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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So far, Batson hasn’t found much support among programmers, who still wield enormous influence in the format — more, for sure, than their Top 40 counterparts do in pop.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Are the countries Trump has slapped with a huge tariff going to send us their data?—
MIKE STOBBE,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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Missiles cause a huge explosion.—
Svitlana Vlasova,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Earth is currently being buffeted by a high-speed solar wind stream from a colossal coronal hole on the sun.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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To kick off the year, which is due to be a truly colossal one on the reading front, members of the Lit Hub staff are here to bring you some choice excerpts from our 300+ title Most Anticipated list!—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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TeraWave aims to split its fleet into 5,280 low-orbit units and 128 high-capacity backbone satellites in medium Earth orbit, enabling both global coverage and massive data throughput.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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Not that Kajumba or many of his fellow miners saw more than a trickle of the massive profits produced by those minerals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Bones Know Their Home Morning in Midtown Memphis brings a cool, mid-winter breeze to the parking lot of mammoth, industrial-era distribution hub.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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Several local community organizations supported Sterling Bay’s mammoth 2019 proposal, and it was approved during the final months of former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Elephantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephantine. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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