dinosaurs
nounHow to pronounce dinosaurs:
Definition of dinosaurs:
- dinosaurs (noun):
- any of a broader group that also includes all living and extinct birds
- a decorative object or piece of furniture, of an earlier period, that is valued for its beauty, workmanship, and age
- any of a group (dinosauria) of extinct, often very large, carnivorous or herbivorous archosaurian reptiles that have the hind limbs extending directly beneath the body and include chiefly terrestrial, bipedal or quadrupedal ornithischians (such as ankylosaurs and stegosaurs) and saurischians (such as sauropods and theropods) which flourished during the mesozoic era from the late triassic period to the end of the cretaceous period
Synonyms for dinosaurs:
anachronism
antique
back number
dinosaur
dodo
dodos
fogy or fogey
fossil
fossils
fuddy-duddy
has-beens
relic
relics
stick-in-the-mud
Antonyms for dinosaurs:
activists
campaigners
change agents
crusaders
innovators
liberals
libertarians
neoterics
progressionists
progressives
progressivists
radicals
reformers
reformists
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- multiple
- dinosaur
- animals
- animal
- reminded
- refreshment
- unhealthful
- delightful
- histogram
- xeriscape
- existence
- suicidal
- distraction
- weightlifting
- doctorate
- seventeen
- Tsushima
- chimpanzee
- addicted
- thyrosis
- upwelling
- Sofia
- minimize
- gelatin
- galilee
- congestion
- transistor
- compliant
- Archana
- inclusion
- sarcasm
- route-finder
- library
- gradation
- holidays
- potter's clay
- polythene
- incidence
- contentment
- ableism
- levity
- fashion
- Erebus
- vertical
- potter's wheel
- menopause
- juniper
- Eraman
- quieter
- pretended
- … more
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