Synonyms for prodigious
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Colossal — very big in extent, quantity, or size; abundant; intense; colossal, huge
colossal, enormous, immense, stupendous, huge, large, vast, great, gurt UK, gigantic, marvelous US, marvellous UK, astonishing, tremendous, massive, gargantuan, prolific, astounding, wondrous, big, sizable US, sizeable UK, voluminous, mammoth, amazing
2. Extraordinary — extraordinarily amazing. In a negative sense, appalling, horrifying, shocking; (specifically, archaic)…
extraordinary, exceptional, unheard-of, strange, unusual, startling, rare, surprising, miraculous, uncommon, outlandish, anomalous, peculiar, singular, aberrant, abnormal, unnatural, unwonted
3. Portentous — having the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Extraordinarily amazing. In a negative sense: appalling, horrifying, shocking; (specifically, archaic) abnormal, freakish, monstrous, unnatural.
- adj. 2
Very big in extent, quantity, or size; abundant; intense; colossal, huge.
- adj. 3
Having the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.
Related words
- Word family
- prodigiously prodigiousness prodigy
Example sentences
- enormous She lives alone in a house of enormous dimensions.
- immense Sailors spend weeks or months in the immense ocean.
- colossal The project required a colossal amount of funding.
- stupendous Winning the contest is a stupendous achievement.
- extraordinary Boris had an extraordinary talent in martial arts.
- exceptional There's little oil this year but it's exceptional.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prodigious | steady | |
| enormous | steady | |
| immense | steady | |
| colossal | steady | |
| stupendous | steady | |
| extraordinary | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 4 letters
- huge1, rare1, vast1, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, large1
- 7 letters
- amazing3, massive2, strange1, unusual4, immense2, sizable3, mammoth2
- 8 letters
- enormous3, uncommon3, peculiar3, singular3, abnormal3, gigantic3, prolific3, colossal3, sizeable3, wondrous2, aberrant3, unwonted
- 9 letters
- marvelous3, unnatural4, startling2, egregious3, anomalous4
- 10 letters
- surprising3, tremendous3, astounding3, marvellous3, miraculous4, surpassing3, outlandish3, precocious3, stupendous3, voluminous4, foreboding3, gargantuan4, portentous3
- 11 letters
- exceptional4, astonishing4
- 13 letters
- extraordinary6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amazing3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prodigieux
- Italiano
- prodigioso
- Español
- extraordinario
- Deutsch
- außerordentlich
- Català
- prodigiós