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phenomenal

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of phenomenal

1 being out of the ordinary

the phenomenal growth that the suburb has experienced over the last decade

Synonyms of phenomenal

aberrant, aberrated, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, especial, exceeding, exceptional, extraordinaire, extraordinary, freak, odd, peculiar, preternatural, rare, singular, uncommon, uncustomary, unique, unusual, unwonted

Words Related to phenomenal

conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, salient, striking

bizarre, deviant, eccentric, freakish, monstrous, oddball, outlandish, quaint, strange, weird

incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unimaginable, unthinkable

Near Antonyms of phenomenal

everyday, familiar, frequent

Antonyms of phenomenal

common, customary, normal, ordinary, typical, unexceptional, unextraordinary, usual

2 being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature

the phenomenal ability to remember the names of thousands of people

Synonyms of phenomenal

magical, miraculous, preternatural, superhuman, supernatural, supernormal, transcendent, transcendental, uncanny, unearthly

Words Related to phenomenal

bizarre, curious, eerie (also eery), far-out, funny, grotesque, kinky, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outrageous, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild

baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, shocking

aberrant, atypical, fantastic (also fantastical), flaky, freak, freakish, idiosyncratic, marvelous (or marvellous), prodigious, rare, singular, uncommon, unique, unnatural, unusual, unwonted

unconventional, uncustomary, unorthodox

conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking

Near Antonyms of phenomenal

average, commonplace, everyday, garden, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday

expected, familiar, predictable

common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted

Synonym Discussion of phenomenal

material, physical, corporeal, phenomenal, sensible, objective mean of or belonging to actuality. material implies formation out of tangible matter; used in contrast with spiritual or ideal it may connote the mundane, crass, or grasping.

- material values

physical applies to what is perceived directly by the senses and may contrast with mental, spiritual, or imaginary.

- the physical benefits of exercise

corporeal implies having the tangible qualities of a body such as shape, size, or resistance to force.

- artists have portrayed angels as corporeal beings

phenomenal applies to what is known or perceived through the senses rather than by intuition or rational deduction.

- scientists concerned with the phenomenal world

sensible stresses the capability of readily or forcibly impressing the senses.

- the earth's rotation is not sensible to us

objective may stress material or independent existence apart from a subject perceiving it.

- no objective evidence of damage

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