Bunyanesque

adjective

Definition of Bunyanesquenext
as in mammoth

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bunyanesque
  1. mammoth
  2. colossal
  3. prodigious
  4. gargantuan
  5. titanic
  6. cosmic
  7. gigantic
  8. cyclopean
Adjective
  • But Coyote has hitched his hopes for the mammoth case upon a man who could only be called a coward.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Warships, mammoth bones and parts of ancient constructions all have emerged from the slumping waters of the Danube, the Rhine and other rivers in the scorching drought that has also disrupted trade, power and water supplies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of mammoth
Adjective
  • Chinese leader Xi Jinping, by comparison, hasn’t just been building colossal scale in priority sectors — robotics, aerospace, green tech.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The two bodies of water are nestled just north of an area where hundreds of people were killed by colossal landslides on the Nepal-China border on Wednesday.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of colossal
Adjective
  • Those efforts of prodigious power were headlined by Pete Crow-Armstrong (one) and Bregman (two).
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Kimi Antonelli’s prodigious success is in part the product of Mercedes’ system for identifying and developing young talent, The Athletic writes.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of prodigious
Adjective
  • While sometimes vitriolic discussions about the gargantuan structures have accompanied increasingly unavoidable AI conversations, data centers themselves have been around since the 1940s.
    — Greta Reich, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The government also said last month that its total debt — the cumulative total of all the deficits — has reached a gargantuan $40 trillion.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of gargantuan
Adjective
  • The Charles-and-Magneto dynamic is so titanic that this franchise generally, and X-Men ’97 specifically, mimics its beats with various other pairs of characters.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Bourdain died by suicide on June 8, 2018, leaving behind a titanic legacy as a cultural storyteller who introduced viewers and readers to much more than a good meal.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of titanic
Adjective
  • Get ready to watch as NASA's new cosmic observatory is launched into space atop a SpaceX rocket.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In this cosmic battle, dark energy appears to be winning — expanding our universe over trillions of years until everything thins and smooths out into almost nothingness.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cosmic
Adjective
  • Steinem, who struggled with stage fright most of her life, talked with women at gigantic conferences and in intimate kaffeeklatsches.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • But chaos ensues when Nick and Troy hijack one of those parade vehicles that just happens to be equipped with a gigantic nuclear bomb.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of gigantic
Adjective
  • As a result, both cellular lineages were incorporated into a single, ancient, cyclopean eye, which later evolved into the vertebrate eyes.
    — Federica Sgorbissa, ArsTechnica, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The wall was built with a range of construction techniques, including cyclopean masonry.
    — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021
Definition of cyclopean
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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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