English Explanatory Dictionary

stupendous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
  2. Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.

Pronunciation

/stuˈpɛndəs/ /stjuˈpɛndəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stupendous.wav

Word forms

stupendous more stupendous most stupendous

Etymology

First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.

Synonyms

colossal enormous huge marvelous prodigious terrific tremendous

Antonyms

stupid

Related words

stupid stupor

Derived words

stupendously stupendousness unstupendous
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