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prodigiousness

prodigiousness

7.9
A state of being very large or amazing that makes people feel wonder
  • noun
  • /prəˈdɪdʒəsnəs/
translation icon : prodigiosidad
  • But the story itself, as it turns out, seems to suggest Jesus's advanced wisdom with respect to understanding the relevant rabbinical texts rather than moral prodigiousness.

Examples

  • The prodigiousness of the ancient pyramids amazes all who visit them.

  • The prodigiousness of the view from the mountain top left the hikers speechless.

  • Those who exhibit extreme giftedness, precocity, or prodigiousness, then, are perhaps most at risk of being affected by this sensitivity factor.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Her prodigiousness in mathematics earned her a scholarship to a prestigious university.

Synonyms

splendor
vsprodigiousness
  • US
42 4.3

Great beauty that looks impressive and rich

puts stronger weight on size and causing astonishment
brilliance
vsprodigiousness
17 4.4

A very beautiful and impressive appearance that makes something seem grand

stresses overall largeness and wonder rather than brightness
vastness
vsprodigiousness
15 3.8

Great size or amount that feels almost endless

puts greater stress on causing strong admiration or astonishment
grandeur
vsprodigiousness
14 5.9

An impressive size or beauty that makes people admire it

leans more toward vast size and wonder rather than formal beauty
magnificence
vsprodigiousness
  • Formal
13 5.0

Great beauty that makes people feel impressed and full of wonder

is more about sheer size and amazement than elegant beauty
amazingness
vsprodigiousness
2 3.0

Being very surprising and impressive

adds the idea of very large or awe inspiring scale
hugeness
vsprodigiousness
2 1.9

A very large size that is much bigger than normal

adds the sense of inspiring amazement beyond mere bigness
greatness
vsprodigiousness
1 3.7

A very large size or amount, like a mountain

adds a stronger sense of causing wonder or amazement beyond mere size
grandness
vsprodigiousness
1 4.1

Great size and beauty that makes something look impressive, like a cathedral

focuses more on extraordinary size or awe than on style
incredibleness
vsprodigiousness
1 7.8

A quality that makes something seem very surprising or hard to believe

highlights scale and physical impressiveness as the main source of wonder
extraordinariness
vsprodigiousness
1 7.7

The quality of being very unusual and making someone or something stand out

adds the sense that the unusual quality comes from great size
monumentality
vsprodigiousness
1 7.7

A quality that makes something seem large and important for a long time

is more about general extraordinariness and causing amazement than lasting significance
tremendousness
vsprodigiousness
6.9

Being extremely large, powerful, or important and making people feel amazed

is similar but can focus more on wonder than strength
marvelousness
vsprodigiousness
  • US
4.5

A quality that makes something seem very good and impressive

is more about large scale and physical impressiveness
miraculousness
vsprodigiousness
7.7

A quality of being very surprising and seeming impossible

keeps wonder but usually points more to great size or impressiveness
phenomenality
vsprodigiousness
9.9

Being very impressive and noticed by many people

focuses more narrowly on very large or awe inducing qualities
spectacularity
vsprodigiousness
7.2

A quality that makes something look very impressive and dramatic

is broader, highlighting overall extraordinariness and large effect rather than only visuals
loftiness
vsprodigiousness
6.7

Being very large or high in a way that feels impressive

focuses more on overall vastness and wonder than on height or elevation
immenseness
vsprodigiousness
5.1

A very large size or amount that feels endless

brings in a stronger emotional reaction of wonder or amazement
enormousness
vsprodigiousness
4.7

Very large size or amount

leans more toward inspiring wonder or being unusually impressive
exceptionality
vsprodigiousness
7.7

A quality of being very different or much better than normal

is specifically about being so large or impressive that it causes wonder

Antonyms

A state of not being important or having little effect

3 4.1

A state of being usual and not special

How Large

immensity
7 6.8
prodigiousness
7.9
magnitude
137 4.7
greatness
1 3.7
size
1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

prodigiousness = prodigious (transparent) = prodigious + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'prodigious' by the productive suffix '-ness' yielding the quality or state.

Etymology

Prodigiousness comes from the same root as prodigy, and Latin prodigium meant 'a wonder' or 'an omen'. So prodigiousness is the quality of being very large or so amazing that it makes people 'wonder'.