prodigious

Adjective
Synonyms: colossalstupendousportentousexceedingexceptionalolympiansurpassing

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  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: colossalstupendous
  2. of momentous or ominous significance“such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity — Herman Melville”“a prodigious vision”Synonyms: portentous
  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: exceedingexceptionalolympiansurpassing
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Prodigious \Pro*di"gious\, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy.] [1913 Webster]

1.Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky.— Sir T. Browne.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous; amazing; astonishing; extraordinary. [1913 Webster]

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