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DINOSAUR Synonyms

There are 14 synonyms of the word dinosaur. (exact relations)
There are 3 hypernyms of the word dinosaur. (close relations)
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dinosaurian

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fossil
nounn
adjective

• characteristic of a fossil

noun

• someone whose style is out of fashion

• the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

ancient
adjectiveadj
noun

• a very old person

• a person who lived in ancient times

adjective satellite

• belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• very old

behemoth
nounn
noun

• someone that is abnormally large and powerful

• a person of exceptional importance and reputation

brute
nounn
noun

• a cruelly rapacious person

• a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

adjective satellite

• resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

colossus
nounn
noun

• someone that is abnormally large and powerful

• a person of exceptional importance and reputation

creature
nounn
noun

• a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

• a living being

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

extinct
adjectiveadj
adjective

• no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives

• (of e.g. volcanoes) permanently inactive

adjective satellite

• being out or having grown cold

giant
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• any creature of exceptional size

• a person of exceptional importance and reputation

• an unusually large enterprise

• a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

• someone that is abnormally large and powerful

• an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales

• a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun)

adjective satellite

• of great mass; huge and bulky

mammoth
nounn
noun

• any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

adjective satellite

• so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

monster
nounn
noun

• an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts

• someone that is abnormally large and powerful

• a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed

• a cruel wicked and inhuman person

• (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus

prehistoric
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to times before written history

adjective satellite

• belonging to or existing in times before recorded history

• outdated

reptile
nounn
noun

• any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

saurian
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of or relating to lizards

noun

• any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs

megafauna
nounn
noun

• The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.

• A treatise on such a group of large animals.

Best Hypernyms For DINOSAUR

Here is a list of related hypernyms for dinosaur, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (2)
archosaur archosaurian
Phrases (1)
archosaurian reptile

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