Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elephant

2 senses of elephant

Sense 1
elephant -- (five-toed pachyderm)
       => proboscidean, proboscidian -- (massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk)
       => pachyderm -- (any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus)

Sense 2
elephant -- (the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874)
       => emblem, allegory -- (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)