stupendous

Examples

• All

• Everything I learned was school of Hard Knocks and NCIX was a stupendous proving ground for me.

• It makes up for it in a stupendous, complicated modulation and plasticity beyond any machine learner's dreams.

• And so they give him words, right, like stupendous or lovely or brilliant.

  Harvard University

• That is an absolutely stupendous piece of work.

  Basquiat (1996)

• This young man thinks our little home is stupendous.

  American Dreamz (2006)

• You see, I expected you to tell me something big, really stupendous.

  The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)

• So dinner party begins when one friend asks another about this extraordinary, legendary, stupendous dinner party.

• I thought "Lincoln" was a stupendous movie and a must-see "event film" for every American.

  Blog text (28)

• The difficulty with such high-speed spacecraft lies in the stupendous amounts of fuel needed to supply the energy to accelerate them.

  Academic text (1992)

• The view from the mountain was stupendous, stretching for miles across the landscape.

Synonyms

A

amazing

vsstupendous

∞ 1.0

Causing great surprise and admiration

amplifies this by implying extraordinary size, amount, or degree

I

incredible

vsstupendous

∞ 3.5

Very surprising or hard to believe

leans more on real vastness or impressive magnitude rather than disbelief

A

awesome

vsstupendous

968 2.1

Very impressive and causing a strong feeling of wonder

places more weight on immense scale or astonishment rather than general impact

T

tremendous

vsstupendous

794 3.0

Very large or impressive

stresses both vast size and strong astonishment rather than only size

R

remarkable

vsstupendous

588 2.8

Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising

raises that noticeability to an extreme level of size or amazement

I

impressive

vsstupendous

584 3.4

Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good

raises that admiration to an extreme, astonishing, or immense level

M

magnificent

vsstupendous

299 3.9

Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style

pushes that grandeur further into astonishing size or overwhelming impressiveness

S

spectacular

vsstupendous

265 3.5

Very impressive and exciting to look at

adds the sense of immense size or degree beyond mere drama

P

phenomenal

vsstupendous

113 5.4

Very impressive and much better than normal

adds the idea of extreme size or degree as well as impressiveness

A

astounding

vsstupendous

92 4.1

So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed

adds emphasis on great size or degree alongside the astonishment

S

stunning

vsstupendous

83 4.1

Very surprising and having a strong effect on people

also implies overwhelming size or degree alongside that strong surprise

B

breathtaking

vsstupendous

77 3.5

A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you

focuses more on vastness or overwhelming impressiveness beyond beauty alone

W

wondrous

vsstupendous

60 5.8

Very impressive and causing strong surprise

combines that wonder with an emphasis on immense size or amount

C

colossal

vsstupendous

55 4.7

So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise

combines immensity with surprising or impressive quality, not only size

S

staggering

vsstupendous

24 5.3

Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you

includes vastness but also a sense of being astonishingly large or impressive

O

out of this world

vsstupendous

• Informal

21 4.1

Very good and impressive

adds a concrete sense of vastness or astonishing magnitude to that feeling

I

indescribable

vsstupendous

21 5.4

So wonderful or strange that words cannot show it

is similar but specifically emphasizes vastness and astonishment rather than indescribability

P

prodigious

vsstupendous

19 7.5

Very large or impressive in a way that surprises people

adds a sense of being astonishing as well as being very large

A

awe-inspiring

vsstupendous

16 5.6

Causes people to feel great respect and wonder because it is very impressive

combines awe with remarkable size or degree rather than only feeling

B

beyond words

vsstupendous

14 6.2

So beautiful or moving that you cannot describe it

focuses more on massive size or shocking impressiveness than emotional speechlessness

F

fabulous

vsstupendous

5 4.2

So surprising that it seems hard to believe

emphasizes sheer immensity or astonishing scale rather than just disbelief

S

splendiferous

vsstupendous

5 9.9

Very beautiful and impressive, like at a big party

shifts focus toward sheer enormity or astonishing extent rather than beauty alone

A

astonishing

vsstupendous

5 3.4

Very surprising and making you feel great wonder

highlights immense scale or impressive degree as well as surprise

A

absolutely awesome

vsstupendous

• Informal

2 2.8

Very impressive and exciting

includes the idea of astonishing size or degree rather than praise alone

S

stupefying

vsstupendous

1 7.7

So surprising and impressive that it leaves people stunned

focuses more on sheer greatness and amazement rather than just shock

S

simply awesome

vsstupendous

• Informal

1 4.1

Very impressive and making people feel amazed

stresses enormity or astounding degree rather than casual praise

S

simply phenomenal

vsstupendous

1 5.5

Very impressive and much better than you expect

stresses enormous size or degree as part of that outstanding quality

S

splendorous

vsstupendous

• Literature

1 7.5

Very beautiful and impressive to look at

adds the extra idea of being astonishingly large or immense in degree

K

killerly impressive

vsstupendous

• Slang

9.3

Very exciting and surprising to see

adds an element of vastness or astonishment beyond mere excellence

Antonyms

I

insignificant

104 4.1

Not important or too small to matter

U

unimpressive

9 3.9

Not very good or likely to attract attention

How Impressive

stupendous

19 6.7

staggering

24 5.3

astonishing

5 3.4

remarkable

588 2.8

impressive

584 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology