'Stupendous' definitions:
Definition of 'stupendous'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: colossal, prodigious, stupendous]
Definition of 'Stupendous'
From: GCIDE
- Stupendous \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. Stupid.] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. "A stupendous sum." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope. [1913 Webster] -- {Stu*pen"dous*ly}, adv. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stupendous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysmal,
- amazing,
- amplitudinous,
- astonishing,
- astounding,
- astronomic,
- astronomical,
- Atlantean,
- awesome,
- beguiling,
- bewildering,
- boundless,
- Brobdingnagian,
- bulky,
- colossal,
- cosmic,
- cracking,
- Cyclopean,
- elephantine,
- enigmatic,
- enormous,
- epic,
- exceptional,
- extensive,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- fantastic,
- fascinating,
- galactic,
- Gargantuan,
- giant,
- giantlike,
- gigantic,
- Herculean,
- heroic,
- Homeric,
- huge,
- immeasurable,
- immense,
- incomprehensible,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- indescribable,
- ineffable,
- infinite,
- jumbo,
- king-size,
- large,
- legendary,
- mammoth,
- marvelous,
- massive,
- massy,
- mighty,
- miraculous,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mortal,
- mountainous,
- mythical,
- noteworthy,
- outlandish,
- outsize,
- overgrown,
- passing strange,
- phenomenal,
- portentous,
- prodigious,
- profound,
- puzzling,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- sensational,
- sizable,
- spacious,
- spectacular,
- staggering,
- strange,
- striking,
- stupefying,
- titanic,
- towering,
- tremendous,
- unexampled,
- unheard-of,
- unimaginable,
- unique,
- unparalleled,
- unprecedented,
- unspeakable,
- vast,
- voluminous,
- weighty,
- wonderful,
- wondrous