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

Discworld is a flat earth balanced on the backs of four elephants, which are in turn standing on an enormous turtle, Great A’Tuin. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

Hemu’s troops relied more on war elephants, which broke the Mughal forces’ defense and allowed Hemu’s forces to attack. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

Harry and Meghan’s children even chose the color of their elephants’ collars, which will help the organization track them across the plains of northern Botswana. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

Instead, the fund’s proceeds will go to Elephants Without Borders, an environmental organization based in Botswana dedicated to protecting elephants. — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 16 Aug. 2026

The haul of 221 pieces of elephant ivory weighing 2,630 pounds was announced and displayed to the media on Wednesday at Quy Nhơn port in the central province of Gia Lai, said reports by the Vietnam News Agency and other news outlets. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Modern elephants are the only living proboscideans today — a group that once included woolly mammoths and mastodons. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026