stupendous

Adjective
Synonyms: colossalprodigious

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  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: colossalprodigious
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Stupendous \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. Stupid.] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. "A stupendous sum." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope. [1913 Webster] -- Stu*pen"dous*ly, adv. -- Stu*pen"dous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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