Synonyms for dinosaur
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dahy-nuh-sawr |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ nəˌsɔr |
Top 10 synonyms for dinosaur Other synonyms for the word dinosaur
- antediluvian
- antique
- behind the times
- bygone
- dated
- dead
- dead and gone
- démodé
- dinosaur
- discarded
- disused
- done for
- dusty
- extinct
- fossil
- gone
- had it
- has-been
- horse and buggy
- kaput
- moldy
- moth-eaten
- musty
- obsolescent
- old
- old-fashioned
- old-hat
- old-school
- old-time
- olden
- out
- out-of-fashion
- out-of-style
- outworn
- passé
- stale
- superannuated
- superseded
- timeworn
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- unusable
- vintage
Définition of dinosaur
Origin :- 1841, coined in Modern Latin by Sir Richard Owen, from comb. form of Greek deinos "terrible" (see dire) + sauros "lizard" (see -saurus). Figurative sense of "person or institution not adapting to change" is from 1952.
- As in obsolete : adj no longer in use, in vogue
- As in outmoded : adj obsolete, old-fashioned
- I don't ever want to see or taste a dinosaur steak again, he thought.
- Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg
- The only complete skeleton of a dinosaur ever found was taken out in 1909.
- Extract from : « The Book of the National Parks » by Robert Sterling Yard
- But they did not meet fairly, head to head, as the Dinosaur intended.
- Extract from : « In the Morning of Time » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- The teeth of this horned Dinosaur resemble those of the Megalosaur.
- Extract from : « Extinct Monsters » by H. N. Hutchinson
- Altogether, Triceratops is very different to any other Dinosaur.
- Extract from : « Extinct Monsters » by H. N. Hutchinson
- Like the dinosaur and the saber-toothed tiger, they have had their day.
- Extract from : « Time Telling through the Ages » by Harry Chase Brearley
- Another type of dinosaur, so different from the others, should be briefly described.
- Extract from : « Geology » by William J. Miller
- In the Dinosaur Hadrosaurus they are exceedingly large and spatulate.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- Have you found the dinosaur or the dragon or the great serpents of a foregone day?
- Extract from : « The Magnificent Adventure » by Emerson Hough
- You take a dinosaur, for instance, who was sixty or seventy feet long.
- Extract from : « The Crow's Nest » by Clarence Day, Jr.
Antonyms for dinosaur
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