mammoth
noun
[ ˈmaməθ ]
• a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.
mammoth
adjective
• huge.
• "a mammoth corporation"
Similar:
huge,
enormous,
gigantic,
giant,
colossal,
massive,
vast,
immense,
mighty,
stupendous,
monumental,
Herculean,
epic,
prodigious,
mountainous,
monstrous,
titanic,
towering,
elephantine,
king-sized,
king-size,
gargantuan,
Brobdingnagian,
mega,
monster,
whopping great,
thumping,
thumping great,
humongous,
jumbo,
bumper,
astronomical,
astronomic,
whacking,
whacking great,
ginormous,
Origin:
early 18th century: from Russian mamo(n)t, probably of Siberian origin.
