1
as in wonderful
causing wonder or astonishment
stage magicians performing prodigious feats for rapt audiences
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as in tremendous
unusually large
a prodigious supply of canned food kept in the basement for emergencies
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Recent Examples of prodigious
His intellectual range was prodigious.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Schwarber passed it in his way in the fourth inning with one prodigious swing that awakened these Phillies.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
On the other hand, comets that are prodigious producers of dust, are the ones that are eye-catching because such dust tails appear much brighter.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Inner Nature, prodigious guitar architect Adrian Bellue, jazz/funk/soul everywheremen LabRats and LSB (LoveSomebody).
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Schwarber passed it in his way in the fourth inning with one prodigious swing that awakened these Phillies.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
On the other hand, comets that are prodigious producers of dust, are the ones that are eye-catching because such dust tails appear much brighter.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Inner Nature, prodigious guitar architect Adrian Bellue, jazz/funk/soul everywheremen LabRats and LSB (LoveSomebody).
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodigious
Adjective
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And so for me, baseball is a wonderful place to leave everything, all the mess that the world is in, behind, and just watch these incredibly talented people exceed and do their jobs.—
Alison Weinflash,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Scientists have long known that dogs make wonderful companions, offering emotional support and even measurable health benefits to their human owners.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The communiqué earned a tremendous amount of positive press.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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But people were tremendous and recording themselves watching the finale episode and crying or being shocked, in a pit of despair or whatever.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Every few minutes the jungle deposited us onto an astonishing beach.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The astonishing result, achieved by the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) collaboration, represents the first-ever observation of single top quark production with W and Z bosons, a process known as tWZ production.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The modern digital world produces vast amounts of data (as much as 402 million TB a day), yet its value remains largely undefined.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Entanglement—the idea that two particles are linked even at a vast distance—helped illustrate the characters’ desperate yearning to recreate the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Working with the uniquely gifted Erin Foster, this unbelievable cast of talented, hilarious pros, amazing writers and incredible crew has been a truly great experience.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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Working with the uniquely gifted Erin Foster, this unbelievable cast of talented, hilarious pros, amazing writers, and incredible crew has been a truly great experience.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Danielewski is a writer of enormous power and vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some of this, of course, is related to fires in California and hurricanes in the southeast that destroyed an enormous amount of utility infrastructure.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The bad feelings flared up moments after Payton's Broncos pulled off a miraculous rally on Sunday, beating New York 33-32 in a game that Denver trailed by 18 with six minutes left.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
22 Oct. 2025
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Since defeating the Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos and raising expectations around the NFL, the Chargers have been on a less-than-stellar stretch in which their only victory in their past four games was a miraculous, last-minute win over the struggling Miami Dolphins.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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It’s been a huge hit with my guests, and right now, Prime members can add it to their carts for just $40.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Her hair is often a massive tangle of black curls, her nails are expertly polished, her huge brown eyes peer out from spidery lashes, and her skin is cocoa-butter smooth.—
Stephanie Mansfield,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Prodigious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigious. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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