Elephantine

What do we mean by elephantine?

Of or relating to an elephant. adjective

Enormous in size or strength. adjective

Ponderously clumsy. adjective

Pertaining to the elephant; resembling an elephant.

Hence Elephant-like; huge; immense; heavy; clumsy: as, he was of elephantine proportions; elephantine movements.

Made or consisting of ivory. See chryselephantine.

Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy adjective

The epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. adjective

A huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands. adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants. adjective

Very large. adjective

Of great mass; huge and bulky adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants.

Very large.

Words that are spelled similarly to elephantine:
elephantine, elephantidae, elephantiac.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word elephantine:
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Words that rhyme with elephantine:
mean, green, bean, machine, lean, keen, screen, clean, lien, between, scene, glean, queen, mien, gene, marine, serene, routine, intervene, convene, obscene, protein, cuisine, internecine, dean, magazine, hygiene, spleen, halloween, philistine, careen, byzantine, preen, evergreen, ravine, wean, leen, demean, quarantine, libertine, vaccine, canteen, sunscreen, sheen, teen, mezzanine, contravene, irene, unforeseen, mein, jean, submarine, argentine, seen, caffeine, saline, tangerine, nene, guillotine, aniline, treen, tourmaline, sardine, vien, casein, latrine, aquamarine, opaline, wolverine, reconvene, geraldine, augustine, agin, umpteen, baleen, limousine, bromine, peregrine, clementine, gasoline, labyrinthine, selene, eugene, murine, undine, trampoline, figurine, fifteen, aberdeen, amin, sabine, thirteen, foreseen, sistine, feine, florentine, amphetamine, gelatine, holstein, adenine.

Adjectives that are often used to describe elephantine:
der, syene, ancient, opposite, century, distant, wonderful.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective elephantine:
proportions, legs, size, memory, way, tread, body, ears, feet, grace, bulk, form, forms, playfulness, strength, humour, bureaucracy, gambols, gait, foot, fashion, courtesy, dimensions, figure, leg, leprosy, trunk, manner, humor, face, limbs, remains, head, memories, knees, mass, scale, facetiousness, efforts, pace, build, sapphire, march, hide, dance, irony, trunks, character, movements, creature, wit, structure, style, epics, problem, appearance, nature, attempt, hats, clumsiness, countenance, dignity, proboscis, leaves, imitation, progress, monster, growth, frame, creatures, personage, adventures, motion, appetite, nose, features, columns, weight, antics, step, characters, attempts, shapes, sofas, unpliancy, sentiment, kind, horses, hands, thickness, air, animals, thighs, tact.

Words that sound like elephantine:
elephantine, elephanta, elefante, elephant man, elephantidae, eleventeen, elephant shoe, elephant, elephants, belafonte, elephant ear, elephant yam, diophantine, elefant, elegante, elephant seal.