ELEPHANTINE Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

elephantine

adjective

ˌe-lə-ˈfan-ˌtēn

Definition of elephantine

as in gigantic

unusually large the wedding reception was held under an elephantine tent on the great lawn

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Recent Examples of elephantine Those boxy fender extensions are open in the rear to channel dirty air coming off the wheels, while a carbon-composite front splitter and an elephantine carbon-fiber rear wing glue the Corolla to the road. — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 1 Nov. 2022 The life of a mastodon, an elephantine creature that roamed across North America 13,000 years ago, has been illuminated by a study of its tusks. — Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 June 2022 Pop goddesses were not diving from the rafters and guitar heroes were not casting elephantine shadows. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2022 Johns’s entire body of work, to go by this elephantine show of more than 500 works, is akin to a trove of Nabokovian love letters — obscure and thwarted, but also punning, mordant, full of life. — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021 See All Example Sentences for elephantine

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With a little critical thinking, most reasonable people would conclude that this is not how a gigantic company like OpenAI would handle an incident like this.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
In Homewood on Tuesday, gigantic piles of mulch, tree limbs, and branches were already lying around from storms that hit earlier in the summer.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of gigantic

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That final-day 2-1 home victory against West Bromwich Albion, played out in front of 33,750, also spoke of Wednesday’s vast potential.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
In the case of those to Europe, with which China has a vast trade surplus, there’s also the question of how viable the route is both ways.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of vast

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Chichibu made its money in silk, because the basin is poor country for rice but good country for mulberry, and the silk paid for the enormous festival floats the town is known for.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Its scale reflects the enormous electricity demand generated by advanced AI computing.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of enormous

Adjective

Granted, City have made a club-record signing in Elliot Anderson, and he is expected to make a huge difference, but everything else is pending.

— Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
The baryon-junction model provides another possibility At RHIC energies, a proton contains a huge number of gluons.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of huge

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Costs had been on the decline since March 2025, following a massive outbreak of bird flu that disrupted the egg supply and sent retail prices soaring.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Future generations not only had to make up these missing deposits but also the massive investment earnings that could have been achieved.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of massive

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With Thursday’s sign-off by the California Public Utilities Commission, the mammoth merger is expected to close next week.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Last year, the Portland Art Museum debuted the results of its mammoth renovation, which cost $116 million to complete.

— News Desk, Artforum, 12 Aug. 2026

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