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Definitions

whaling

[hwey-ling, wey-] / ˈʰweɪ lɪŋ, ˈweɪ- /

ADJECTIVE

giant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big colossal enormous gargantuan gigantic huge hulking humongous immense jumbo mammoth monstrous vast

STRONG

gross

WEAK

brobdingnagian cyclopean elephantine herculean mountainous prodigious super-duper titanic whale of a

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little miniature minuscule minute small teeny tiny

WEAK

minor

ADJECTIVE

massy

Synonyms

WEAK

Bunyanesque behemoth big brobdingnagian colossal cyclopean elephantine enormous gargantuan gigantesque gigantic gross herculean heroic huge hulking humongous immense jumbo mammoth massive mastodonic mighty monster monstrous monumental mountainous prodigious pythonic stupendous super-duper titanic tremendous vast whale of a

ADJECTIVE

mastodonic

Synonyms

WEAK

Bunyanesque behemothic big brobdingnagian colossal cyclopean elephantine enormous gargantuan gigantesque gigantic gross herculean heroic huge hulking humongous immense jumbo mammoth massive massy mighty monster monstrous monumental mountainous prodigious pythonic stupendous super-duper titanic tremendous vast whale of a

ADJECTIVE

pythonic

Synonyms

WEAK

Bunyanesque behemothic big brobdingnagian colossal cyclopean elephantine enormous gargantuan gigantesque gigantic gross herculean heroic huge hulking humongous immense jumbo mammoth massive massy mastodonic mighty monster monstrous monumental mountainous prodigious stupendous super-duper titanic tremendous vast whale of a

ADJECTIVE

walloping

Synonyms

STRONG

gross heroic hulking mammoth monster

WEAK

Bunyanesque big brobdingnagian colossal cyclopean elephantine enormous gargantuan gigantesque gigantic herculean huge humongous immense jumbo massive massy mastodonic mighty monstrous monumental mountainous prodigious pythonic stupendous super-duper titanic tremendous vast whale of a

NOUN

defeat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beating blow breakdown collapse debacle destruction drubbing embarrassment failure killing loss massacre rout setback thrashing triumph

STRONG

KO ambush annihilation break check conquest count discomfiture extermination fall lacing licking mastery paddling rebuff repulse reverse ruin scalping shellacking slaughter subjugation trap trashing trimming trouncing waxing whipping whitewashing

WEAK

defeasance downthrow insuccess nonsuccess vanquishment

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accomplishment achievement boon success win

STRONG

surrender yielding

WEAK

attainment mastery victory

NOUN

licking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

whipping

STRONG

KO ambush annihilation beating blow break breakdown check collapse conquest count debacle destruction discomfiture drubbing embarrassment extermination failure fall killing lacing loss massacre mastery overthrow paddling rebuff repulse reverse rout ruin scalping setback shellacking slaughter subjugation thrashing trap trashing trimming triumph trouncing waxing whitewashing

WEAK

defeasance downthrow insuccess nonsuccess vanquishment

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment achievement boon building construction creation forfeit good fortune loss rise success surrender victory win yielding

NOUN

thrashing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annihilation beating conquest debacle drubbing rout trouncing whipping

STRONG

KO ambush blow break breakdown check collapse count destruction discomfiture embarrassment extermination failure fall killing lacing licking loss massacre mastery overthrow paddling rebuff repulse reverse ruin scalping setback shellacking slaughter subjugation trap trashing trimming triumph waxing whitewashing

WEAK

defeasance downthrow insuccess nonsuccess vanquishment

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment achievement building construction creation good fortune rise success win

NOUN

vanquishment

Synonyms

WEAK

KO ambush annihilation beating blow break breakdown check collapse conquest count debacle defeasance destruction discomfiture downthrow drubbing embarrassment extermination failure fall insuccess killing lacing licking loss massacre mastery nonsuccess overthrow paddling rebuff repulse reverse rout ruin scalping setback shellacking slaughter subjugation thrashing trap trashing trimming triumph trouncing waxing whipping whitewashing

Example Sentences

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Even decades later, the legacy of whaling continues to shape whale populations, affecting not only how many whales exist today but also which males succeed in fathering calves.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

The Browns had a hand in everything from ironmaking and rum distilling to whaling and the slave trade.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia in 1916 after spending 18 months stranded on Antarctica with his crew.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

These pages on the whaling industry even go so far as to distort Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Around the men was the familiar pervasive stench of the whaling factory—smelling almost as bad as they did themselves.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

whaling

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