The number of English words exceeds twenty times Shakespeare's prodigious vocabulary.
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Prodigious
//pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs//
Synonyms for "prodigious" (303 found)
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Closest matches (61)
amazinggiganticlargeportentousabysmalamplitudinousastonishingastoundingastronomicastronomicalatlanteanawesomebeguilingbewilderingbewitchedboundlessbrobdingnagianbulkycolossalcosmic
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Adjective(36 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (91)
Adjective(52 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (151)
Adjective(77 words)
leviathanlongmahoosivemammothmassivemastodonicmegamonumentalmountainousnefastousnonstandardoddomenicominousout of the ordinaryoutlandishoutréoutsizedoverlargeoversize
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oversizedpantagruelianpeculiarportentousprecociouspresagefulpresagiousprolificpyramidalpythonicquaintqueerqueer as a clockwork orangequeer as a cootqueer as a nine bob notequeer as a three dollar billqueer as dick's hatbandrareroomyrotundrumrummyselcouthseldsingularsinistersizeablespaciousstar-crossedstonkingstrangestupendoussubstantialsullensupersupersizedswingeingtalltitanictremendoustrippyuncannyuncommonunconventionalunearthlyunexpectedunreasonableunusualunwontedvastvoluminousweirdweirdsomewhoppingwideyampyyuge
lustymagicmagicalmammothmarvelousmassivemassymightymind-blowingmind-bogglingmiraculousmonstermonstrousmonumentalmortalmountainousmythicalnecromanticnotablenoteworthy
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ominousoutlandishoutsizeovergrownoverwhelmingpassing strangephenomenalprofoundpuzzlingrareremarkablesensationalsizablespaciousspectacularstaggeringstartlingstrangestrikingstupefyingstupendoussurpassingsurprisingthaumaturgictitanictoweringtremendousunexampledunfathomedunheard ofunheard-ofunimaginableuniqueunparalleledunprecedentedunspeakableuntoldunusualunutterablevastvirtuosovoluminousvoraciouswallopingweightywhalingwonder-workingwonderfulwondrous
Adjective(4 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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Synonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πέλωρος adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
Armenian
1 entries- զարմանալի adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- изумителен adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- огромен adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- удивителен adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Catalan
2 entries- prodigiós adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- prodigiós adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
Dutch
1 entries- verbazingwekkend adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Estonian
1 entries- hämmastav adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Finnish
4 entries- hämmästyttävä adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- mahtava adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- suunnaton adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- ällistyttävä adj (extraordinarily amazing)
French
1 entries- prodigieux adj (extraordinarily amazing)
German
3 entries- gewaltig adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- ungeheuer adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- verwunderlich adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Hungarian
4 entries- bámulatos adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- csodálatos adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- hatalmas adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- páratlan adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Icelandic
1 entries- stórkostlegur adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Italian
1 entries- prodigioso adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Japanese
1 entries- 途方もない adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
Latvian
1 entries- apbrīnojams adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Macedonian
3 entries- неверо́јатен adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- о́громен adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- чу́десен adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Norwegian
1 entries- fenomenal adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Occitan
1 entries- prodigiós adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Portuguese
1 entries- prodigioso adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Romanian
4 entries- enorm adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- gigantic adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- neobișnuit adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- prodigios adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
Russian
4 entries- грома́дный adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- изуми́тельный adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- непоме́рный adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- огро́мный adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
Slovak
1 entries- podivuhodný adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Spanish
1 entries- prodigioso adj (extraordinarily amazing)
Swedish
4 entries- enorm adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- gigantisk adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- häpnadsväckande adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- ofantlig adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
Turkish
4 entries- devasa adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- hayret verici adj (extraordinarily amazing)
- kocaman adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
- muazzam adj (very big in extent, quantity, or size — see also abundant, intense, huge)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
Her dress was a prodigious pair of self-willed shoes, that never wanted to go where her feet went; blue stockings; a printed gown of many colors, and the most hideous pattern procurable for money; and a white apron.
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And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
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Chess players with prodigious memories perform incredible feats, such as playing blindly, at the same time, a large number of matches.
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