prodigious

Adjective

1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; “colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple”; “has a colossal nerve”; “a prodigious storm”; “a stupendous field of grass”; “stupendous demand”
   • Synonyms
     • colossal
     • stupendous
   • Similar to
     • large
     • big
   • Related
     • prodigy
     • giant
     • goliath
     • behemoth
     • monster
     • colossus
2. of momentous or ominous significance; “such a portentous…monster raised all my curiosity”- Herman Melville; “a prodigious vision”
   • Synonyms
     • portentous
   • Similar to
     • significant
     • important
   • Related
     • omen
     • portent
     • presage
     • prognostic
     • prognostication
     • prodigy
     • omen
     • portent
     • presage
     • prognostic
     • prognostication
     • prodigy
3. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; “a night of exceeding darkness”; “an exceptional memory”; “olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy”; “the young Mozart’s prodigious talents”
   • Synonyms
     • exceeding
     • exceptional
     • olympian
     • surpassing
   • Similar to
     • extraordinary
   • Related
     • exception

The following are the words that are in the New Word Project:

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The definition for this word taken from the Terminology app, which is based on the Princeton University’s WordNet lexical database. If you are interested in how I created this resource and how I add new words to it, you can see my blog post Title of Blog Post.