Synonyms for prodigious
prəˈdɪdʒ əsprodi·gious

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1. prodigiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   gigantic, huge, colossal, enormous, Ruthian

2. prodigiousadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   huge, Ruthian, colossal, enormous, gigantic

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1. colossal, prodigious, stupendousadjective

   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:
   olympian, stupendous, surpassing, portentous, colossal, exceeding, exceptional

   Antonyms:
   ordinary, small, insignificant, little, unimportant

2. portentous, prodigiousadjective

   of momentous or ominous significance

   "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

   Synonyms:
   olympian, stupendous, foreboding(a), portentous, fateful, colossal, surpassing, overblown, grandiloquent, pontifical, pompous, exceeding, exceptional

   Antonyms:
   little, ordinary, small, insignificant, unimportant

3. exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassingadjective

   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:
   especial(a), olympian, stupendous, surpassing, particular(a), colossal, portentous, exceeding, exceptional(a), majestic, transcendent, exceptional, special

   Antonyms:
   little, ordinary, small, insignificant, unimportant

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1. prodigiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   marvellous, wonderful, portentous, amazing, astonishing, surprising, astounding, strange, startling, extraordinary, uncommon, wondrous, miraculous, very strange, unheard of

2. prodigiousadjective

   Synonyms:
   enormous, monstrous, huge

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1. List of paraphrases for "prodigious":

   phenomenal

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1. E. E. Cummings:

   America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.

2. Virginia:

   One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.

3. Mark Twain:

   I must have a prodigious quantity of mind it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.