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prodigious
Meaning: remarkably great in size, degree, or extent
prodigious in a sentence
How prodigious is used in real sentences:
The young pianist displayed a prodigious talent for improvisation.
The expedition consumed prodigious quantities of food during the winter.
“A prodigious stream of readings had already improved hurricane forecasts, so even a small bias threatened years of climate comparisons.”
— from the passage The Drift Above
Synonyms for prodigious
Other words for prodigious — immense, enormous and extraordinary — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of prodigious
Words that mean the opposite of prodigious:
Where it comes from
From Latin prodigiosus, meaning 'marvelous or unnatural.'
Memory hook
PRODIGIOUS sounds like 'prodigy': a prodigy has a remarkably great ability.
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