elephantine
Clumsy and colossal
Elephantine means resembling an elephant—massive, heavy, lumbering.
The word usually carries negative connotations of unwieldiness or gracelessness: elephantine bureaucracy, elephantine prose.
An elephantine memory, however, is prodigious, alluding to the belief that elephants never forget.
Heavy or significant
- ponderousAwkwardly heavy or slow
- cumbersomeAwkwardly heavy or bulky
- unwieldyAwkward to manipulate
- burdensomeDifficult to endure
hefty · bulky · lumbering · leaden · substantial · laden · dense · thick
Extremely large in scale
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- immenseExtremely large in scope
- giganticImmensely large in scale
titanic · gargantuan · towering · vast · hulking · oversized · jumbo · humongous
Lacking ease of movement
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- gracelessLacking smoothness or charm
- bumblingClumsily incompetent
blundering · heavy-footed · oafish · uncoordinated · plodding · shambling · galumphing · clomping
Of or befitting royalty
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- statelyGrand and imposing
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
august · venerable · grandiose · resplendent · magnificent · splendid · monumental · commanding
weighty
Heavy or significant
- ponderousAwkwardly heavy or slow
- cumbersomeAwkwardly heavy or bulky
- unwieldyAwkward to manipulate
burdensome · hefty · bulky · lumbering · leaden · substantial · laden · dense · thick · stout
colossal
Extremely large in scale
gigantic · titanic · gargantuan · towering · vast · hulking · oversized · jumbo · humongous · behemoth
ungainly
Lacking ease of movement
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- gracelessLacking smoothness or charm
bumbling · blundering · heavy-footed · oafish · uncoordinated · plodding · shambling · galumphing · clomping · stolid
regal
Of or befitting royalty
dignified · august · venerable · grandiose · resplendent · magnificent · splendid · monumental · commanding · lordly
thick-skinned
Resistant to criticism
tusked · trunk · hide · ears · ivory · matriarch · herd · memory · Ganesh · Jumbo
equine
Of the horse family
simian · porcine · ovine · leonine · taurine · caprine · vulpine · aquiline · ursine · piscine
elephantinetiny
Extremely small in size
minuscule · microscopic · miniature · diminutive · minute
elephantinelightweight
Lacking mass or importance
featherweight · weightless · light · airy · feathery