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super-duper

adjective

ˈsü-pər-ˈdü-pər How to pronounce super-duper (audio)
Definition of super-dupernext
as in huge
unusually large their super-duper ice cream sundaes are true diet busters

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Recent Examples of super-duper For those who don’t speak YDS, that translates to really super-duper flippin’ hard. — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026 Rick got super-duper lucky to end up with Christian and Emily, while Joe got a particularly bad draw. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026 On June 12, 2018, Megan and Nilsson Thore released their second book together, Ett super-duper-fantastiskt campingäventyr, which translates to A Super-Duper-Awesome Camping Adventure. — Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 An earlier model of the killer girl 'bot was turned into a lethal weapon by the military but has gone rogue, and M3GAN's inventor (Allison Williams) needs to give the original a super-duper upgrade to stop the deadly newcomer. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for super-duper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for super-duper
  1. huge
  2. giant
  3. gigantic
  4. vast
  5. tremendous
  6. enormous
  7. massive
  8. colossal
Adjective
  • The cast’s Blackness is a huge part of this — signifying is in their blood — but the impact spread across the whole franchise.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • That was a play with huge ramifications that, to some extent, still sticks with Williams.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of huge
Adjective
  • Invisible House, a new work by Zosha Di Castri, has the orchestra reveling in bright and jangly sounds like a giant Ukrainian folk band.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The filmmaker contrasts her bucolic nature scenes with shots of the giant ships passing by and the interiors and exteriors of the factories located near the island, belching smoke and lit up at night like a forbidding theme park.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of giant
Adjective
  • Robinson is more like the Carolina McCaffrey though, who was still gigantic.
    — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The flavor is overwhelmingly oversized, proving that few things look as luxurious as swimming around in a gigantic khaki coat.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of gigantic
Adjective
  • This is especially stark in robotics, where the problem space is vast and failures play out in the physical world, but the lesson applies to any system that operates at scale.
    — Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Much of this year's equity rally – as well as recent volatility – has been driven by investor enthusiasm around AI development, which has been reliant on vast amounts of capital, as well as optimism around earnings momentum.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of vast
Adjective
  • Decker had tremendous success at Old Dominion last season, and his quarterback Colton Joseph, now at Wisconsin, was the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Her tremendous decision not to share every notification, though unseen by her children, quietly demonstrated her ability to move forward without asking permission from the past.
    — Dr. Victor Fornari, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of tremendous
Adjective
  • Light can carry enormous amounts of information, and optical connections can offer high bandwidth over relatively long distances.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps Vance’s affection for Carlson has more to do with holding the loyalty of his friend’s enormous audience.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of enormous
Adjective
  • Meta is deploying massive capital into AI infrastructure while establishing the Meta Superintelligence Labs.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The award-winning nonfiction feature Kikuyu Land documents a case of cultural erasure and land theft on a massive scale.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of massive
Adjective
  • Most imposing of all is Luca Guadagnino’s Joie de Vivre, a documentary about Bernardo Bertolucci that clocks in at a colossal seven hours long.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In the colossal yet claustrophobic world that Khrzhanovsky has created (or recreated), Russians are stuck between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the sickle.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of colossal

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“Super-duper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/super-duper. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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