PRODIGIOUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
   Synonym(s)
   • colossal (what does colossal mean?)
   • stupendous (what does stupendous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple
   • has a colossal nerve
   • a prodigious storm
   • a stupendous field of grass
   • stupendous demand
   Similar To
   • large (what does large mean?)
   • big (what does big mean?)
2. Meaning
   • far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
   Synonym(s)
   • exceeding (what does exceeding mean?)
   • exceptional (what does exceptional mean?)
   • olympian (what does olympian mean?)
   • surpassing (what does surpassing mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a night of exceeding darkness
   • an exceptional memory
   • olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy
   • the young Mozart’’s prodigious talents
   Similar To
   • extraordinary (what does extraordinary mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of momentous or ominous significance
   Synonym(s)
   • portentous (what does portentous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • such a portentous…monster raised all my curiosity- Herman Melville
   • a prodigious vision
   Similar To
   • significant (what does significant mean?)
   • important (what does important mean?)