Synonyms of elephants

elephants

noun

variants also elephant

plural of elephant

as in whales

something or someone that is unusually large and powerful

by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elephants

Early the next morning, we sat surrounded by a herd of 13 elephants. — Rebekah Peppler, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026

That much pressure is like having five elephants standing on your shoulders! — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

Indeed, woolly mammoth de-extinction efforts have already spun off discoveries that may help protect captive Asian elephants from a deadly herpes virus. — Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

However, hunting pygmy elephants may simply not have been worth the effort, even for a species that was otherwise capable of doing it. — ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

In a victory march across the makeshift bridge, the soldiers transported 140 Carthaginian elephants from Sicily to Rome’s Circus Maximus, according to the first-century historian Pliny the Elder. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

For reference, a kangaroo, a baby elephant or a grand piano all weigh 1000 pounds. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The 1965 book with Beard’s photos of elephants on the Serengeti alerted the world to the destruction of their habitat amid the population explosion. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

Easa is not sure if robotic elephants will be accepted in his lifetime. — ABC News, 3 July 2026