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单词 stupendously
释义

stupendous

adjective

stu·​pen·​dous stu̇-ˈpen-dəs How to pronounce stupendous (audio)
styu̇-
1
: causing astonishment or wonder : awesome, marvelous
2
: of amazing size or greatness : tremendous
stupendously adverb
stupendousness noun

Synonyms

  • amazing
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • awesome
  • awful
  • eye-opening
  • fabulous
  • marvelous
  • marvellous
  • miraculous
  • portentous
  • prodigious
  • staggering
  • stunning
  • sublime
  • surprising
  • wonderful
  • wondrous
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Example Sentences

a person with stupendous wealth the stupendous engineering feats achieved by the ancient Romans
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Word History

Etymology

Latin stupendus, gerundive of stupēre

First Known Use

1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

stupendous

adjective

stu·​pen·​dous stu̇-ˈpen-dəs How to pronounce stupendous (audio)
styu̇-
: amazing especially because of great size or height

stupendously

adverb

as in highly
to a large extent or degree a stupendously successful Broadway debut

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • highly
  • utterly
  • greatly
  • much
  • considerably
  • staggeringly
  • monumentally
  • massively
  • tremendously
  • significantly
  • hugely
  • monstrously
  • colossally
  • enormously
  • astronomically
  • broadly
  • extensively
  • largely
  • vastly
  • a lot
  • sizably
  • noticeably
  • no end
  • by half
  • big-time
  • appreciably
  • abundantly
  • plentifully
  • copiously
  • amply
  • healthily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slightly
  • little
  • modestly
  • nominally
  • negligibly
  • minimally
  • hardly
  • microscopically
  • minutely
  • just
  • scarcely
  • barely
  • infinitesimally
  • fractionally
  • insignificantly
  • imperceptibly
  • invisibly
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