DINOSAUR Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

dinosaur

noun

ˈdī-nə-ˌsȯr

Definition of dinosaur

as in relic

one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world

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as in whale

something or someone that is unusually large and powerful not that his small lawn needed such a dinosaur, but he bought a riding mower anyway

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Recent Examples of dinosaur Almost one year ago, paleontologists finally settled a longstanding debate about Tyrannosaurus rex, arguably Earth’s most famous dinosaur. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026 Gen Zers have been spending big on dinosaur bones, sneakers, $20 million Pokémon cards, the art executive explained. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 It was subsequently identified as belonging to a dinosaur, but nobody quite knew which one. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Researchers believe the dinosaur would have been between 10 and 13 feet long and almost 5 feet tall. — Archie Clarke, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dinosaur

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Noun

New York — Down a dim, crooked hallway inside the Jay Street Lofts, a hulking brick relic of Brooklyn’s industrial past, Naomi Mishkin is conducting a radical fashion experiment.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Few would bother to think about the two-state solution, viewing the idea as a relic from the overly optimistic 1990s.

— Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of relic

Noun

Jeff says, however, that there is only one immunity whale this week and two tribes will be headed to tribal council.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Organisms not resistant to this onslaught—anything from microbes and crops to whales and humans—would experience an almost violently severe sunburn.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of whale

Noun

The manuscript Wayne read to us that night chronicled his involvement with Gloria Swanson, the towering star of Hollywood’s Golden Age who enjoyed latter-day acclaim in 1950 playing a delusional has-been in Sunset Boulevard.

— Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
That career move quickly fizzled, leaving a sloppy drunk has-been in the debris.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of has-been

Noun

Tech giants have told us all about how AI will take control away from society, steal our jobs, allow bad actors to design dangerous pathogens or cause a catastrophic cyberattack or destroy our financial systems.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Stronger-than-expected revenue from SpaceX's AI business is making PhillipCapital — once a bear on the company — bullish about the Elon Musk giant's stock.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of giant

Noun

At last untethered from merely adapting a standard comfy passenger vehicle, the AMG engineers have created a monster.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Set on a mysterious island ravaged by floods and warring armies, a masked boy and girl must traverse atmospheric environments, rescue friends, and confront nightmarish monsters.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of monster

Noun

In the film, Dumbo, a baby elephant with large ears, is dropped off by a stork at a circus in Florida.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2026
Now guests of Omaanda have privileged access to the Van Vuurens’s important community and conservation projects, which include rehabilitation of injured or orphaned rhinos, elephants and big cats.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of elephant

Noun

In ancient California, they are believed to have existed alongside other extinct native species, including bison-sized Jefferson’s ground sloths, Columbian mammoths and western camels.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

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