What is another word for jumbo?

Pronunciation: [d͡ʒˈʌmbə͡ʊ] (IPA)

Jumbo is a term often used to describe something that is large or oversized. However, there are many alternative words that can be used to convey the same meaning. Synonyms for jumbo include enormous, colossal, immense, mammoth, gigantic, humongous, and massive. These words can be particularly useful when describing something that is larger than normal or out of proportion. For example, you may describe a jumbo jet as enormous or a jumbo-sized burger as mammoth. Using synonyms for jumbo can help you to vary your language and avoid repeating the same words over and over again.

Synonyms for Jumbo:

What are the hypernyms for Jumbo?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for jumbo?

Jumbo is defined as something colossal, massive, or oversized. The antonym for jumbo is "miniature," which means something very small or petite. Miniature is the opposite of jumbo as it refers to tiny, tiny things that are the opposite of massive. Another antonym for jumbo is "tiny," which means something small, little, or diminutive. Other antonyms for jumbo include "compact," "dinky," "ickle," "lightweight," and "undersized." These words refer to things that are small or miniature compared to something that is jumbo. Using antonyms is a great way to contrast between different sizes or to describe something in a more concise way.

Usage examples for Jumbo

Her old lips moved in some mumbo-jumbo But what she said was her own dark secret.
"I Run with the Fox"
Mona Gould
Yes; they call him jumbo our way.
"King of the Castle"
George Manville Fenn
A man gets so interested in his work-and there is a lot you can learn in books about this Hindoo mumbo-jumbo business-but of course I couldn't bring Mr. Lippett back.
"Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective"
Ellis Parker Butler

Famous quotes with Jumbo

  • We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.
    Thomas J. Peters
  • Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on our money or in the Halls of Congress or in our Pledge and say, please, let common sense and logic win the day and prevail versus legal mumbo jumbo.
    Zach Wamp
  • We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.
    Tom Peters
  • I do not want this material to be considered any sort of mumbo jumbo. It is not a cult in the terms people often consider material that seems to come from a source beyond the individual who gives it. The designations spirit, and medium, and so forth, are ridiculous to begin with. You are simply using your inner senses. These senses are not magical, they certainly are not religious in any sense of the word, and I am not some degenerated secondary personality of Ruburt's. Nor will I be compared with some long-bearded, beady-eyed spirit sitting on cloud nine.
    Jane Roberts
  • Carlo looked as at the world of fallen man on the endless suburbs that passed for a city, an eatery in the likeness of a Sphinx (enter between its forepaws), another, for jumbo malts so thick you can't suck 'em through a straw, in the form of an elephant crouched as at the bidding of its mahout, gimcrack temples of various faiths, attap roofs of nutburger stands with Corinthian columns, loans loans loans, stores crammed with cutprice radios, a doughnuttery, homes like Swiss chalets, like Bavarian castles, miniature Blenheims, Strawberry Hills, Taj Mahals, a bank in the form of a tiny ocean liner, dusty trees on the boulevards (datepalm, orange, oleander), bars with neon bottles endlessly pouring, colleges for stuntmen, beauticians, morticians, degrees in drummajoretteship.
    Anthony Burgess

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