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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The fair had been paying about $1 million a year for the gigantic space, which has hosted nearly 300 galleries in some editions.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
On Friday, that thought process took another gigantic step, as those in charge of putting a product on television have all but signed the official paperwork to once again expand the college football playoff.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of gigantic

Adjective

But the vast bulk of that paper deficit arose from changes in fair value of convertible notes.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Released to critical acclaim in 2022, the role-playing game from Japanese publisher Bandai Namco is set in a dark fantasy world and allows players to head off on adventures within vast environments and dungeons.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of vast

Adjective

As that enormous dome thinned through the Holocene, its margin withdrew up onto Baffin Island, and what’s left today is the deflated core of something that was once two miles thick.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
That move sparked enormous street protests in Israel, and alarmed many Israeli citizens overseas.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of enormous

Adjective

The Bruins took a huge hit with their top six players all getting drafted by WNBA teams.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
With its available sun-deflecting bright-white fabric and huge garage door-like entryway, the tent makes for a natural day shelter for events out in the sun, rain and wind.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of huge

Adjective

Among the companies that pursued a traditional IPO, only Circle is trading close to its listing price—and that’s primarily thanks to the colossal opening day pop the company enjoyed back in June of 2025.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Concrete, when poured over rods of steel, proved strong enough to prop up colossal skyscrapers that Julius Caesar could only have dreamed of.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of colossal

Adjective

Toronto reacquired Leonard in an offseason trade after a salary cap-circumvention scandal that led to massive sanctions against the Clippers.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Pearson and his brother KeShaun are the two most prominent local opponents of Elon Musk’s xAI, a subsidiary of which has developed a massive data-center complex, provocatively named Colossus, in and around South Memphis.

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of massive

Adjective

In addition to the mammoth bail sum, Judge Kevin McGrath on Thursday ordered Romero to surrender his passport.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Or his flustering a gynecologist by insisting that Julie, whose belly is of mammoth proportions, isn’t really pregnant.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of mammoth

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