Synonyms for stupendous
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Marvelous
marvelous US, marvellous UK, colossal, prodigious, wonderful, huge, wondrous, amazing, astounding, astonishing, enormous, massive, tremendous, terrific, large, gargantuan, awesome, monstrous, vast, mighty, big, surprising, elephantine
Other
impressive, selcouth dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
Example sentences
- huge Yesterday I went to the zoo and saw a huge walrus.
- wonderful The music we listened to last night was wonderful.
- colossal The project required a colossal amount of funding.
- impressive Would you like to see something really impressive?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stupendous | steady | |
| huge | rising | |
| wonderful | rising | |
| colossal | steady | |
| prodigious | steady | |
| impressive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 4 letters
- huge1, vast1
- 5 letters
- large1
- 6 letters
- mighty2
- 7 letters
- amazing3, awesome2, massive2
- 8 letters
- enormous3, terrific3, colossal3, wondrous2, selcouth
- 9 letters
- wonderful3, marvelous3, monstrous2
- 10 letters
- impressive3, surprising3, tremendous3, astounding3, marvellous3, prodigious3, gargantuan4
- 11 letters
- astonishing4, elephantine4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mighty2 = 2 syllables).