AMAZONS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

amazons

noun

plural of amazon

as in giants

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Noun

Even before the Ukraine war, international shipping giants were skeptical and the route remains controversial.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Women execs were excited about this world-shifting moment in technology, and didn’t want another generation of tech giants to pass them by.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of giants

Noun

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
Hemu’s troops relied more on war elephants, which broke the Mughal forces’ defense and allowed Hemu’s forces to attack.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of elephants

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In time, generations of directors and studio execs who came up revering trailblazing path set by 1970s New Hollywood titans like Coppola would come to fundamentally see the sequel in a different light as a result.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
The evidence for this clash of oceanic titans comes from sperm whale skin and stomach contents.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of titans

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These behemoths don’t just store information like traditional data centers.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Modern merchant ships, often bare-bones behemoths designed to offer owners the highest possible rate of return, are proving to be surprisingly vulnerable.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of behemoths

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The Georgia Aquarium’s two newest beluga whales are safe and sound in Atlanta after being rescued from a shuttered aquatic park in Canada.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Georgia Aquarium staff say Balor and Zephyr will meet their trainers and, eventually, join the aquarium's existing pod of beluga whales.

— CBS Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of whales

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Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

Definition of mammoths

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Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor and a pack of rogue dinosaurs won’t be able to catch the web-slinging Spider-Man at the top of box office charts.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
The End of Oak Street is about a suburban neighborhood that comes under siege by dinosaurs.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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