JUMBOS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

jumbos

noun

plural of jumbo

as in whales

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 jumbos But go in expecting fewer of the big, picture-perfect jumbos, more size substitutions, and prices that stay elevated straight through the holidays; this year's crop doesn't finish shipping until harvest wraps in November. — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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Noun

He is venerated as a patron saint of sailors, mariners, travelers, and whales.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
In nature, larger animals, such as elephants and whales, tend to live longer than smaller animals, such as mice and shrews, Teeling says.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of whales

Noun

Anthropic itself revealed in an IPO prospectus this week that almost half of its revenue comes from fellow tech giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The company, which declined to disclose a valuation, also announced that financial giants Synchrony and Experian had joined the latest round as strategic investors.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of giants

Noun

The creature belonged to a family of nonavian dinosaurs known as the caenagnathids characterized by sleek physiologies and toothless beaks.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026
The sale is just more evidence that dinosaurs have become serious trophy objects for wealthy collectors, joining blue-chip paintings, rare watches, and sports memorabilia at the top end of the luxury market.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

Noun

In nature, larger animals, such as elephants and whales, tend to live longer than smaller animals, such as mice and shrews, Teeling says.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
In the film, Dumbo, a baby elephant with large ears, is dropped off by a stork at a circus in Florida.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of elephants

Noun

In one of the many scary dream sequences David Naughton has while becoming a werewolf, his Jewish family back home is slaughtered by Nazi monsters.

— Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Other popular depictions of ghouls conflated them with monsters such as zombies and demons.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

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