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 But some of the stuff that's just been happening over the course of the last few years has been super-duper cool. — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026 For those who don’t speak YDS, that translates to really super-duper flippin’ hard. — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 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 Bruins took a huge hit with their top six players all getting drafted by WNBA teams.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • With its available sun-deflecting bright-white fabric and huge garage door-like entryway, the tent makes for a natural day shelter for events out in the sun, rain and wind.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of huge
Adjective
  • One way to understand nuclear reactors is to think of them as giant kettles.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Lakers scoring phenom Luka Doncic missed his first game of the young season with back tightness, leaving a giant hole in their offense with the NBA’s leading scorer (36 points per game) sitting out.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of giant
Adjective
  • That's when the Brewers' incredible penchant for outperforming on batting average on balls in play reared its gigantic head yet again.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • His trust in his lead deckhand would have created an atmosphere of collaboration within the team were Matt’s ego not so gigantic.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of gigantic
Adjective
  • But the vast bulk of that paper deficit arose from changes in fair value of convertible notes.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Released to critical acclaim in 2022, the role-playing game from Japanese publisher Bandai Namco is set in a dark fantasy world and allows players to head off on adventures within vast environments and dungeons.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of vast
Adjective
  • Eventually the inevitability of gravity brings them close enough to suddenly merge, sending out a tremendous blast of matter and energy that can outshine the sun by a factor of many billions, though just for the briefest fraction of a second.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
  • His reasoning is that quantum carries both tremendous risk and opportunity.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of tremendous
Adjective
  • As that enormous dome thinned through the Holocene, its margin withdrew up onto Baffin Island, and what’s left today is the deflated core of something that was once two miles thick.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
  • That move sparked enormous street protests in Israel, and alarmed many Israeli citizens overseas.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of enormous
Adjective
  • The massive fire that broke out last November engulfed seven buildings in an apartment complex in a northern suburban district, killing 168 people and displacing thousands of others.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • R136a1 is just such a star, the most massive star known, at several hundred times the sun’s bulk.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of massive
Adjective
  • The most successful animal artist of all time is surely Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), perhaps most recognizable for the four colossal sculptures of lions guarding the base of Nelson’s Column, in London’s Trafalgar Square.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Fertility startups have proliferated and expanded across the country, undergirded by colossal private equity and venture capital investments seeking returns.
    — Pooja Yerramilli, STAT, 28 Oct. 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 31 Oct. 2026.

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