elephant

The word “elephant” has 3 syllables: el-e-phant

It's pronounced as /ˈɛlɪfənt/


What is synonym and antonym for elephant?

In the thesaurus, “elephant” has 25 synonyms and 17 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for elephant along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for elephant

  • Goliath
  • amazon
  • behemoth
  • blockbuster
  • boar
  • bulk
  • colossus
  • dinosaur
  • dreadnought
  • giant
  • giantess
  • heavyweight
  • hulk
  • juggernaut
  • jumbo
  • leviathan
  • mammoth
  • mastodon
  • monster
  • pachyderm
  • steamroller
  • titan
  • tusker
  • whale
  • whopper

Antonyms for elephant

  • diminutive
  • dwarf
  • half-pint
  • lightweight
  • midget
  • mite
  • nonentity
  • peewee
  • pigmy
  • pygmy
  • runt
  • shrimp
  • twerp
  • weakling
  • whippersnapper
  • wimp
  • wisp

Meanings of elephant

  • noun
    1. A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
    2. Anything huge and ponderous.
    3. Used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second.
    4. Ivory.
    5. A large size of paper, measuring 23 by 28 inches, or sometimes 22 by 30, or (double elephant paper) 26 by 40 inches.

Example Sentences

  • The elephant is the largest land animal in the world.
  • We saw a majestic elephant at the wildlife sanctuary.
  • The circus featured a trained elephant performing tricks.
  • In the safari, the guide pointed out a family of wild elephants.
  • The elephant gracefully moved through the savanna.

On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elephant, such as: Goliath, amazon, behemoth, blockbuster, boar, bulk, colossus.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

big

  • Brobdingnagian
  • Bunyanesque
  • Himalayan
  • VIP
  • a whale of a
  • abundant
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  • arch
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  • conceited
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  • cosmic
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  • elder
  • elephantine
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  • jumbo
  • kahuna
  • key
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  • kingfish
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  • leviathan
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  • mountainous
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  • muck-a-muck
  • muckety-muck
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  • muscular
  • nabob
  • natural
  • nawab
  • nibs
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  • number one
  • numero uno
  • numinous
  • old guard
  • outsize
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  • packed
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  • sovran
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  • star
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  • tsar
  • tycoon
  • tzar
  • undiluted
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  • uplifting
  • valiant
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  • vast
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  • venerable
  • vital
  • vogue
  • voguish
  • voluminous
  • walloping
  • wanted
  • weighty
  • well-known
  • whacking
  • wheel
  • whopper
  • whopping
  • with child
  • with young
  • worthwhile
  • worthy

callousness

  • affectlessness
  • alienation
  • aloofness
  • animality
  • apathy
  • armor
  • atrocity
  • barbarism
  • barbarity
  • bawdiness
  • bestiality
  • blankness
  • bloodlessness
  • bloodthirstiness
  • boorishness
  • brutality
  • brutishness
  • callosity
  • carelessness
  • coarseness
  • cold shoulder
  • cold-bloodedness
  • coldness
  • coolness
  • crassness
  • crudity
  • cruelty
  • deadness
  • depravity
  • despotism
  • detachment
  • disdain
  • disinterest
  • disinterestedness
  • disloyalty
  • dispassion
  • disregard
  • earthiness
  • elephant skin
  • emotionlessness
  • emptiness
  • equity
  • ferocity
  • fiendishness
  • fierceness
  • formidable defenses
  • halfheartedness
  • hard shell
  • hard-heartedness
  • hardness
  • harshness
  • heartlessness
  • heedlessness
  • immunity
  • impartiality
  • impassiveness
  • impassivity
  • imperturbability
  • imperviousness
  • inattention
  • inconsequence
  • inconsequentiality
  • inconsequentialness
  • inconsiderateness
  • indelicacy
  • indifference
  • inertia
  • inhumanity
  • insensibility
  • insensitiveness
  • insensitivity
  • insignificance
  • insignificancy
  • insouciance
  • isolationism
  • lack
  • lethargy
  • listlessness
  • malice
  • maliciousness
  • malignity
  • masochism
  • mercilessness
  • murderousness
  • negligence
  • neutrality
  • nonchalance
  • noninterference
  • numbness
  • obduracy
  • objectivity
  • offensiveness
  • persecution
  • phlegm
  • poor taste
  • rancor
  • rawness
  • rhinoceros hide
  • ribaldry
  • roughness
  • rudeness
  • ruthlessness
  • sadism
  • savageness
  • savagery
  • severity
  • smut
  • smuttiness
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • stiffness
  • stoicism
  • thanklessness
  • thick hide
  • thick shell
  • thoughtlessness
  • torpor
  • torture
  • truculence
  • truculency
  • unconcern
  • uncouthness
  • unevenness
  • unfeelingness
  • unimportance
  • unkindness
  • unmindfulness
  • unrefinement
  • unthankfulness
  • vacancy
  • venom
  • viciousness
  • violence
  • wickedness
  • woodenness

galactic

  • Brobdingnagian
  • Himalayan
  • astrological
  • astronomic
  • astronomical
  • august
  • big
  • boundless
  • bulky
  • bumper
  • cavernous
  • colossal
  • considerable
  • cosmic
  • cosmical
  • cyclopean
  • elephantine
  • enormous
  • extensive
  • formidable
  • gargantuan
  • giant
  • gigantesque
  • gigantic
  • good
  • goodly
  • grand
  • grandiose
  • great
  • gross
  • handsome
  • heavenly
  • hefty
  • herculean
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • huge
  • hulking
  • humongous
  • humungous
  • immeasurable
  • immense
  • imposing
  • infinite
  • jumbo
  • king-size
  • king-sized
  • largish
  • leviathan
  • lofty
  • majestic
  • major
  • mammoth
  • massive
  • mega
  • mighty
  • monolithic
  • monster
  • monstrous
  • monumental
  • mountainous
  • oceanic
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • overgrown
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  • oversized
  • overwhelming
  • pharaonic
  • planetary
  • prodigious
  • sizable
  • sizeable
  • staggering
  • stupendous
  • substantial
  • super
  • super-duper
  • supersize
  • supersized
  • tidy
  • titanic
  • towering
  • tremendous
  • vast
  • vasty
  • voluminous
  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whopping

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gargantuan

  • Brobdingnagian
  • Himalayan
  • astronomic
  • astronomical
  • august
  • big
  • boundless
  • bulky
  • bumper
  • cavernous
  • colossal
  • considerable
  • cosmic
  • cosmical
  • cyclopean
  • elephantine
  • enormous
  • extensive
  • formidable
  • galactic
  • giant
  • gigantesque
  • gigantic
  • good
  • goodly
  • grand
  • grandiose
  • great
  • gross
  • handsome
  • heavyweight
  • hefty
  • herculean
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • huge
  • hulking
  • humongous
  • humungous
  • immeasurable
  • immense
  • imposing
  • infinite
  • jumbo
  • king-size
  • king-sized
  • largish
  • leviathan
  • lofty
  • majestic
  • major
  • mammoth
  • massive
  • mega
  • mighty
  • monolithic
  • monster
  • monstrous
  • monumental
  • mountainous
  • oceanic
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • overgrown
  • oversize
  • oversized
  • overwhelming
  • pharaonic
  • planetary
  • prodigious
  • sizable
  • sizeable
  • staggering
  • stupendous
  • substantial
  • super
  • super-duper
  • supercolossal
  • supersize
  • supersized
  • tidy
  • titanic
  • towering
  • tremendous
  • vast
  • vasty
  • voluminous
  • walloping
  • whacking
  • whopping

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