Meanings
plural tyrannosauruses · hypercorrect plural tyrannosauri
- Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlarge carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekτύραννος (túrannos)
- Ancient Greekσαύρα (saúra)
- Ancient Greekσαῦρος (saûros)
- Englishtyrannosaurus
From translingual Tyrannosaurus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). Doublet of tyrannosaur.
More words from translingual, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian тиранозавър
- тиранозавър (tiranozavăr)dinosaur
Catalan tiranosaure
- tiranosauredinosaur
Chinese Mandarin 暴龍 /暴龙, 覇王龍 /霸王龙
- 暴龍 /暴龙 (bàolóng)dinosaur
- 覇王龍 /霸王龙 (bàwánglóng)dinosaur
Czech tyranosaurus
- tyranosaurusdinosaur
Esperanto tiranosaŭro
- tiranosaŭrodinosaur
Finnish tyrannosaurus, tyrannilisko
- tyrannosaurusdinosaur
- tyranniliskodinosaur
French tyrannosaure
- tyrannosauredinosaur
German Tyrannosaurus
- Tyrannosaurusdinosaur
Icelandic grameðla
- grameðladinosaur
Japanese ティラノサウルス
- ティラノサウルス (tiranosaurusu)dinosaur
Korean 티라노사우루스
- 티라노사우루스 (tiranosauruseu)dinosaur
Polish tyranozaur
- tyranozaurdinosaur
Portuguese tiranossauro
- tiranossaurodinosaur
Russian тираноза́вр
- тираноза́вр (tiranozávr)dinosaur
Spanish tiranosaurio
- tiranosauriodinosaur
Swedish tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaurie
- tyrannosaurusdinosaur
- tyrannosauriedinosaur
Thai ไทแรนโนซอรัส
- ไทแรนโนซอรัส (tai-rɛɛ-noo-sɔɔ-rás)dinosaur
Ukrainian тираноза́вр
- тираноза́вр (tyranozávr)dinosaur
Vietnamese khủng long bạo chúa
- khủng long bạo chúadinosaur
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tyrannosaurus
Cite this entry
tyrannosaurus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannosaurus
“tyrannosaurus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannosaurus. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tyrannosaurus,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannosaurus.
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