ELEPHANTS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of elephants Imagine the weight of 10 heavy elephants all balancing on the tiny point of a pin, right in the middle of hot lava. — Robin MacAluso, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026 Kenya is home to the Big Five (lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos and buffalo), and its Maasai Mara National Reserve hosts the annual Great Migration when millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles cross the ecosystem. — Ashley Lynch july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Animal rights groups had long sought to have the elephants moved to a sanctuary. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 Around 2,000 elephants roam wild in the Amboseli National Park, per the Amboseli Trust for Elephants. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 When animals approach the acacia tree to feed on its leaves, the tree releases chemicals that stir its ants into a frenzied mob willing and able to chase an elephant. — Will Cady, SPIN, 30 July 2026 Wildlife authorities said the toxic substances found in the deceased elephants pose no immediate threat to human health. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 Kenya has previously recorded incidents of elephants being poisoned as a result of poaching and human-wildlife conflict. — CBS News, 29 July 2026 Other highlights include visits to the Tribe Art Gallery, the Golden Silk farm, and elephant conservation experiences in the Kulen foothills. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026

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Noun

One trip might involve spotting whales in a coastal fjord, while another centers on hiking through alpine wilderness or watching bears catch salmon.

— Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
Alex Forrest, a volunteer drone pilot with the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA), recorded the moment on July 28 during the whales’ northbound migration.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of whales

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Steven Spielberg first brought to life the pages of Michael Crichton’s novel about a disastrous attempt to create a theme park with dinosaurs.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
So, yes, there’s a reason most of us are right handed and no, dinosaurs have never actually spit venom.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

Noun

In a scene where Odysseus and his crew come into contact with the Laestrygonians, a tribe of man-eating giants, Dalton, who‘s four and a half feet tall, doubled for Damon.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Fabrizio Romano confirms the final decision rests with Rodri, with both Spanish giants prepared to offer similar transfer fees.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of giants

Noun

These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of mammoths

Noun

But Kova is shocked to discover her sweetheart taking up with someone new, who may be linked to the monsters dragging Stormwatch’s inhabitants into the ocean.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
For additional context, the war against the Locust kicks off only a few weeks after the 79-year conflict between human factions known as the Pendulum Wars, which explains why the COG wasn't in the best of conditions when the monsters attacked.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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