Thesaurus results for OBELISK

obelisk

noun

as in monument

a tall, four-sided stone column that becomes narrower toward the top and that ends in a point The granite obelisk stands at the exact center of the park.

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Recent Examples of obelisk The arch would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial, which is 99 feet tall, and be close to half the height of the Washington Monument, an obelisk that is about 555 feet tall. —

Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Her materials include those most basic elements of the earth—geology—and her forms borrow from totems, obelisks, prehistoric megaliths, and Indigenous Caribbean zeniths. —

Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 The Heizer sort of fills in for the obelisk. —

Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026 The elephant, located in the Piazza della Minerva in front of the basilica, holds the obelisk on its back. —

ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for obelisk

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Now Crosswhite can acknowledge the beauty in the art, respect the workers who crafted the carvings, and appreciate the opportunity to tell a story larger than the monument itself.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
In February, it was reported that the National Park Service will exhibit a decommissioned equestrian monument of a slaveholding signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

— Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026