prodigious
About 1.58 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Extraordinarily amazing. In a positive sense: marvellous, wonderful; extremely talented, especially at a young age.
- adjective In a positive sense: marvellous, wonderful; extremely talented, especially at a young age.
- adjective In a negative sense: appalling, horrifying, shocking; abnormal, freakish, monstrous, unnatural.
- adjective Very big in extent, quantity, or size; abundant; intense; colossal, huge.
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- adjective Having the nature of an omen or portent; ominous, portentous.
- adverb Synonym of prodigiously (“in a prodigious manner”).
Similar words
big colossal large stupendous exceeding extraordinary exceptional surpassing important significant
Often followed by
number and quantity amount memory size quantities strength numbers
Word family
prodigiously prodigiousness prodigiousnesses
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