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

More than 1,000 whales are typically killed each year, despite ongoing concerns over high levels of heavy metals in the meat.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
While transporting large mammals like whales, dolphins and polar bears by plane isn’t unheard of — SeaWorld has been doing it for decades, says Eric Otjen, vice president of zoological operations at the San Diego park.

— Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of whales

Noun

Hathaway plays a suburban mom whose neighborhood is suddenly and mysteriously transported from 1982 to prehistoric times, putting family and neighbors at the mercy of hungry dinosaurs.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
The real end of Oak Street comes not from the feet and chompers of the dinosaurs but from a moviemaker who revives the idyllic 1980s only to desecrate them with wokeness.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

Noun

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taylor Farms, along with other food service giants such as US Foods and Sysco, has become bigger and more vital in part by buying other companies.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The most rewarding part has been witnessing the power of Manoj and Boman – two giants of cinema – working together for the first time in this film.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of giants

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For perspective, that's about the same weight as seven African bush elephants, the largest land animal on earth.

— Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Discworld is a flat earth balanced on the backs of four elephants, which are in turn standing on an enormous turtle, Great A’Tuin.

— Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

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