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- [juhm-boh]
- /ˈdʒʌm boʊ/
- /ˈdʒʌm.bəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [juhm-boh]
- /ˈdʒʌm boʊ/
Definitions of jumbo word
- noun plural jumbo a very large person, animal, or thing. 1
- noun plural jumbo jumbo jet. 1
- noun plural jumbo U.S. Nautical. a forestaysail having a boom (jumbo boom) along its foot, used especially on schooners. a sail used in place of a course on a square-rigged ship, having the form of an isosceles triangle set apex downward. a narrow triangular sail set point downward in place of a foresail on a topsail schooner. 1
- adjective jumbo very large: the jumbo box of cereal. 1
- noun jumbo A very large person or thing. 1
- noun jumbo elephant 1
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Origin of jumbo
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10; origin uncertain; popularized as the name of a large elephant purchased and exhibited by P.T. Barnum in 1882
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Parts of speech for Jumbo
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adjective
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conjunction
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jumbo popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
jumbo usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jumbo
adjective jumbo
- oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- oversized — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- outsize — an uncommon or irregular size, especially one larger than average.
- outsized — Of an unusually large size.
- huge — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
noun jumbo
- goliath — the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51.
- hercules — a hero noted for his great strength, courage, and for the performance of twelve immense labours
- titan — Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- leviathan — (often initial capital letter) Bible. a sea monster.
- cyclops — one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey
Antonyms for jumbo
adjective jumbo
- tiny — very small; minute; wee.
- little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- mini — miniskirt.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- small — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
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