PRODIGIOUS

colossal, prodigious, stupendous

(adjective) 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”

exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing

(adjective) 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”

portentous, prodigious

(adjective) of momentous or ominous significance; “such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity”- Herman Melville; “a prodigious vision”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

prodigious (comparative more prodigious, superlative most prodigious)

Very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge.

Extraordinarily exciting or amazing.

(obsolete) Ominous, portentous.

Monstrous; freakish.

Synonyms

• gigantic, colossal, huge, enormous; See also gigantic

• amazing

• ominous, portentous

Source: Wiktionary

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Pro*di"gious, a. Etym: [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy.]

1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] Spenser. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir T. Browne.

2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. "Prodigious might." Milton.

Syn.

– Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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