MASTODONS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

mastodons

noun

plural of mastodon

as in whales

something or someone that is unusually large and powerful mom-and-pop stores just can't compete with these mastodons of retailing

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Recent Examples of mastodons Modern elephants are the only living proboscideans today — a group that once included woolly mammoths and mastodons. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 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, 10 June 2026 Other species recovered from the cave, including mastodons and ground sloths, are rare in the region. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026 Ground sloths and mastodons are linked to forest habitats. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Each summer, thousands of beluga whales migrate to the mouth of the Churchill River, to feed on small fish and nurse their young.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of whales

Noun

For years, the museum was a place for education and numerous exhibits open to the public, including over 30 dinosaurs and Mesozoic reptiles in the museum's Dinosaur Hall.

— Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Connect The Dots Of A Nontraditional Career Path Cover letters can be dinosaurs or game changers.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

Noun

As legislation is introduced at a record pace, shifting political views are driving more proposals that seek to restrict the tech giants.

— Chris Hacker, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Nightly swarms of drones closed Russian airports, struck oil refineries or set ablaze the warehouses of retail giants Wildberries and Ozon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of giants

Noun

Bringing lions, elephants, bears or crocodiles to Rome from the furthest reaches of the Empire was a way of displaying the extent of the world Rome had conquered.

— Roberto Prieto, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
At 80, Steinem celebrated her birthday by riding an elephant in Botswana.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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