ELEPHANTINE Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

elephantine

adjective

ˌe-lə-ˈfan-ˌtēn

Definition of elephantine

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 Those boxy fender extensions are open in the rear to channel dirty air coming off the wheels, while a carbon-composite front splitter and an elephantine carbon-fiber rear wing glue the Corolla to the road. — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 1 Nov. 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 See All Example Sentences for elephantine

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Jean overpowers their restraints and creates a gigantic psychic bubble that freezes in place nearly everyone in New York City.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026
The daughter of the Laestrygonians, whose scream summons the gigantic knights, is horrified to see men from the sea.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026

Definition of gigantic

Adjective

Balloons float above an exploding castle, a giant peeks from behind the bushes and wizards throw flames in the foreground.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
An interesting implication of the spillover effect is that the end customers of consumer electronics devices are now effectively competing against giant data centers.

— Srikanth Jagabathula, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Definition of giant

Adjective

If the referendum passes, Miami will join the vast majority of Miami-Dade cities that hold elections in even years.

— Tess Riski July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The Jayhawks used a search firm to find candidates, and Goff noted that the pool of candidates was vast, including a lot of people from professional sports franchises.

— Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Definition of vast

Adjective

This period, known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and first noted in the 1990s, may have been the result of an enormous volcanic eruption, or maybe a sudden release of methane.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
That’s an enormous sales figure for any current release, let alone a project that arrived more than a decade ago.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of enormous

Adjective

The designation is a first for Georgia and a huge win for dedicated conservationists, scientists, government officials, nonprofits and swamp neighbors who have spent more than four decades advocating for our wetland wonder.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Jericho hit Ciampa with the hockey stick and kissed the Youppi the plush toy to a huge pop.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of huge

Adjective

When Larry Culp became the CEO of GE in 2018, the colossal conglomerate that Jack Welch built into the most valuable and admired enterprise in America teetered on the brink of collapse.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Microdramas skew younger Holywater compiled the State of Microdrama Report with consulting firm Owl & Co, which pegged the global vertical video economy excluding China at a colossal $150B in 2026, up 41%.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Definition of colossal

Adjective

Now add the fun of a massive road project that is essentially adjacent to the facility, and attending Longhorns football games this season — and the next several — will mean packing in more time.

— Mac Engel July 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
According to Karim Gharbi, Extension Agent for Horticulture with CSU Extension in Denver County, the beetles' strength comes from overwhelming trees in massive numbers.

— Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of massive

Adjective

To get that power, Silicon Valley is building 1,500 data centers in the United States and counting, and purchasing a mammoth quantity of semiconductor chips.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
In the 1990s and early 2000s, buzz for the area’s towering sandstone cliffs and mammoth boulders—which are perfect for pitching routes and scrambling up—sparked pilgrimages by global athletes.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 July 2026

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