Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- planetary
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
Examples of pharaonic in a Sentence
the building of the Hoover Dam was a construction project of pharaonic proportions
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The six-story Grand Staircase with a view of the pyramids and an atrium containing monuments, pharaonic statues and sarcophagi opened in November.
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Keir Simmons, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
The Egyptians began covering columns, gates and obelisks with gold at the beginning of the pharaonic period (around 3000 B.C.E.), and historians know from ancient texts that some buildings were also gilded, according to the statement.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Around 5,000 pharaonic artifacts are being relocated from a museum in Cairo, while many of the objects to be displayed haven’t been seen by the public since being discovered in 1922.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2024
Aswan Aswan is the jumping off point for Abu Simbel, Ramses II’s two breathtaking temples, apotheoses (along with the pyramids) of pharaonic power.
—Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
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Keir Simmons, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
The Egyptians began covering columns, gates and obelisks with gold at the beginning of the pharaonic period (around 3000 B.C.E.), and historians know from ancient texts that some buildings were also gilded, according to the statement.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Around 5,000 pharaonic artifacts are being relocated from a museum in Cairo, while many of the objects to be displayed haven’t been seen by the public since being discovered in 1922.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2024
Aswan Aswan is the jumping off point for Abu Simbel, Ramses II’s two breathtaking temples, apotheoses (along with the pyramids) of pharaonic power.
—Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
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“Pharaonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pharaonic. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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