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adjective

Definition of jumbonext
as in giant
unusually large a jumbo jet

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jumbo

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noun

ˈjəm-(ˌ)bō How to pronounce jumbo (audio)
as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds

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Recent Examples of jumbo
Adjective
Lucky for me, a jumbo-sized set of the magic eye-bag erasers is on sale now. — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 July 2026 High-value jumbo loans for the state’s expensive listings and construction-to-permanent loans that homeowners may want to use for ADUs. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Noun
Every jumbo checking account is automatically paired with an Alliant High-Rate Savings Account, giving you both in one place. — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 27 June 2026 According to Heavy, Derby weekend crowds are expected to consume roughly 142,000 hot dogs, 18,000 barbecue sandwiches, 13,800 pounds of beef, 32,400 jumbo shrimp, 9,000 scallops, and 8,000 pounds of potatoes. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for jumbo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumbo
  1. giant
  2. whale
  3. gigantic
  4. dinosaur
  5. huge
  6. monster
  7. enormous
  8. mammoth
Adjective
  • That giant wood burning fireplace is the perfect spot to enjoy a whiskey, neat.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Some of us want to disappear into a giant blanket and watch Heated Rivalry all the way through for the third time.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of giant
Noun
  • Musicians are dwarfed inside its massive ribs, as if performing from the belly of a whale.
    — David Allen, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Whiskey, salt pork, gunpowder, nails, flour, whale oil, molasses.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of whale
Adjective
  • With a little critical thinking, most reasonable people would conclude that this is not how a gigantic company like OpenAI would handle an incident like this.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In Homewood on Tuesday, gigantic piles of mulch, tree limbs, and branches were already lying around from storms that hit earlier in the summer.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of gigantic
Noun
  • In the new science-fiction mystery The End of Oak Street, Hathaway stars alongside Ewan McGregor as a couple whose family comes face-to-face with dinosaurs in their neighborhood.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Now the marketing very explicitly features dinosaurs chasing the family, to the point that Starbuck is talking about it and trying to appeal to moms on Facebook who might be among the nearly million followers to this AI feed.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dinosaur
Adjective
  • Videos circulating on social media, and geolocated by CNN, show a huge blaze raging and plumes of smoke rising from an area just outside the city, close to what appear to be the characteristic towers of an oil refinery.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The fight is huge for everyone involved, the network and promoters included.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of huge
Noun
  • At the same time, Bernadette makes her potion and turns into a 60-foot monster, destroying Pasadena.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Major oil and gas companies around the world posted monster second-quarter profits last week amid the Iran conflict's surge in crude prices.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of monster
Adjective
  • Chichibu made its money in silk, because the basin is poor country for rice but good country for mulberry, and the silk paid for the enormous festival floats the town is known for.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Its scale reflects the enormous electricity demand generated by advanced AI computing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of enormous
Noun
  • Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of mammoth

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