Elephant
Elephant noun - Something or someone that is unusually large and powerful.
Usage example: by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
Jumbo and elephant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jumbo" instead a noun "Elephant".
Nearby Word: elephantine
Jumbo
Jumbo noun - Something that is unusually large and powerful.
Usage example: the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In Tom and Jerry cartoon "Jerry and Jumbo", an elephant loyally defends Jerry from Tom after Jerry pulls a nail from the elephant's foot.
Source: Honorable Elephant -
In Billy Rose's Jumbo, a 1962 musical comedy set in a circus, Jimmy Durante plays an elephant trainer who tries to sneak his beloved elephant off the circus grounds and is caught red-handed.
Source: Implausible Deniability -
Jumbo Jumbo, a stubborn elephant, is sitting in the middle of the river and refuses to move.
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