Synonyms of mammoths

mammoths

noun

plural of mammoth

as in whales

something that is unusually large and powerful

even as sport-utility vehicles go, that one is a mammoth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mammoths

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, 10 June 2026

The artificial egg tech is the latest addition to Colossal's list of de-extinction projects, which now span dodo birds, dire wolves, and mammoths. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026

Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026

Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026

Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths. — Peter White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026

Unlike typical mice with short gray-brown coats, these woolly mice have long dirty-blond hair that mimics the shaggy fur that helped protect mammoths from the Arctic cold. — Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026

Fans typically think of interior defensive linemen as the mammoths of the gridiron who dominate with size and strength. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026

Unlike many slow-moving urban mammoths, this could be a model for how to integrate local desires with capitalist imperatives to deliver your friendly neighborhood megaproject. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026