stupendous

(stū-pĕn'dəs, styū-)
adj.

1. Of astounding force, volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.
2. Amazingly large or great; huge. See synonyms at enormous.

[From Late Latin stupendus, stunning, gerundive of Latin stupēre, to be stunned.]

stupendously stu·pen'dous·ly adv.
stupendousness stu·pen'dous·ness n.

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adjective

1. So remarkable as to elicit disbelief: amazing, astonishing, astounding, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, unbelievable, wonderful, wondrous. See good/bad.
2. Of extraordinary size and power: behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, titanic, tremendous, vast. Informal walloping. Slang whopping. See big/small/amount.

adj

Definition: wonderful, amazing
Antonyms: ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unimportant, unimpressive

IN BRIEF: Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.

The stupendous fact that we stand in the midst of reality will always be something far more wonderful than anything else we do. — E. Gutkind

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See words rhyming with "stupendous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vældig, forbløffende, formidabel

Nederlands (Dutch)
enorm, verbazingwekkend

Français (French)
adj. - prodigieux, fantastique, incroyable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gewaltig, enorm

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πελώριος, καταπληκτικός, τερατώδης

Italiano (Italian)
stupendo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - estupendo

Русский (Russian)
колоссальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - estupendo, fabuloso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - häpnadsväckande, otrolig, kolossal, enorm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
惊人的, 巨大的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 驚人的, 巨大的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엄청난, 경탄할 만한, 거대한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 途方もない, 驚くべき, 巨大な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مذهل, عجيب, ضخم, هائل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדהים, נפלא, ענק, כביר, עצום‬

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