elephantine
adjective
el·e·phan·tine
ˌe-lə-ˈfan-ˌtēn 
-ˌtīn,
ˈe-lə-fən-
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- planetary
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
Examples of elephantine in a Sentence
He has an elephantine ego.
the wedding reception was held under an elephantine tent on the great lawn
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The elephantine dance is constant: Each load is dumped, pushed, and dropped into a pit immense enough to hold 15,000 tons of waste (more than the city’s entire daily output).
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Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
Any attempt to resurrect the mammoth faces an elephantine gauntlet of challenges, including the DNA-shattering effects of frost and time, and the rather unhelpful reproductive tract of the eventual surrogate parent—the elephant.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2012
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
To suggest that Jeep's seven- or eight-passenger Wagoneer L/Grand Wagoneer L twins are elephantine is to libel pachyderms.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 11 Oct. 2022
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Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
Any attempt to resurrect the mammoth faces an elephantine gauntlet of challenges, including the DNA-shattering effects of frost and time, and the rather unhelpful reproductive tract of the eventual surrogate parent—the elephant.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2012
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
To suggest that Jeep's seven- or eight-passenger Wagoneer L/Grand Wagoneer L twins are elephantine is to libel pachyderms.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 11 Oct. 2022
See all Example Sentences for elephantine
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“Elephantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elephantine. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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elephantine
adjective
el·e·phan·tine
ˌel-ə-ˈfan-ˌtēn
-ˌtīn,
ˈel-ə-fən-
Geographical Definition
Elephantine
geographical name
El·e·phan·ti·ne
ˌe-lə-ˌfan-ˈtī-nē
-fən-,
-ˈtē-
island in the Nile River opposite Aswân in southern Egypt population 1814
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