ELEPHANTS Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

elephants

noun

variants also elephant

plural of elephant

as in whales

something or someone that is unusually large and powerful by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape

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Recent Examples of elephants 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 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 Harry and Meghan’s children even chose the color of their elephants’ collars, which will help the organization track them across the plains of northern Botswana. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 The elephants were named after his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026 Instead, the fund’s proceeds will go to Elephants Without Borders, an environmental organization based in Botswana dedicated to protecting elephants. — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 16 Aug. 2026 The haul of 221 pieces of elephant ivory weighing 2,630 pounds was announced and displayed to the media on Wednesday at Quy Nhơn port in the central province of Gia Lai, said reports by the Vietnam News Agency and other news outlets. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Modern elephants are the only living proboscideans today — a group that once included woolly mammoths and mastodons. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

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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

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