PHARAONIC Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

pharaonic

adjective

ˌfer-ā-ˈä-nik

Definition of pharaonic

as in vast

unusually large the building of the Hoover Dam was a construction project of pharaonic proportions

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Recent Examples of pharaonic At the museum’s center sits the six-story Grand Staircase with a view of the pyramids and an atrium containing monuments, pharaonic statues and sarcophagi. — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025 Against all odds, von Spreckelsen had emerged as the unlikely winner of the competition, propelled from obscurity in Denmark to the helm of a pharaonic project in Paris. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025 Harnessing the Nile flood and keeping the harvests rolling in was as important to controlling the river corridor as defence against usurpers or an ability to exude pharaonic authority. — Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025 Prior to an official opening, the massive project opened 12 halls of Pharaonic artifacts. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pharaonic

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Adjective

For some of the wealthiest families in the United States, their vast fortunes have been cultivated over decades as their businesses are passed from one generation to the next.

— Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
While JPMorgan faces a vast and onerous regulatory burden—a legacy of all the financial crises caused by bank failures—BlackRock is still relatively lightly regulated.

— Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of vast

Adjective

Think again of a gigantic system of pipes, each of which is open or closed with a certain probability.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
Find an old Porsche, Jaguar or Mini, rip everything out, throw in a gigantic modern engine, carbon-fiber bodywork and enough computing power to launch a satellite, then ask half a million dollars for it.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of gigantic

Adjective

Take the account of a giant, gentle whale shark gliding through the blue waters off the Southern California coast.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Capital financial services giant project includes a $60 million investment by 2031, and pledges to hire hundreds of workers with minimum average pay of $194,000.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of giant

Adjective

That creates an enormous range of possible eclipse trips, from the Mediterranean coast and the mountains of southern Spain to historic cities, archaeological sites and desert landscapes across North Africa.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
PewDiePie argues that users do not necessarily need an enormous model for everyday agentic tasks.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of enormous

Adjective

The sensational international rescue of the famously sentient creatures, replete with colossal cargo planes, huge crates and Shedd staffers working in the dead of night to transport and care for the whales, must have looked made for social media.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
From the tiny unit of matter—the atom, invisible to the eye—comes an explosion of colossal proportions.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of colossal

Adjective

Tiny creatures like crabs and ants traveled huge distances, encountering all sorts of dangers—driven by the instinct to lay eggs and reproduce at any cost.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The sensational international rescue of the famously sentient creatures, replete with colossal cargo planes, huge crates and Shedd staffers working in the dead of night to transport and care for the whales, must have looked made for social media.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of huge

Adjective

The date is dangerously close to that of the opening of the Whitney’s mammoth Roy Lichtenstein exhibition, scheduled to begin member previews on October 8.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026
That projection is gargantuan, equivalent to the output from mammoth American economic engines, such as transportation, restaurants and hotels.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of mammoth

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