adj. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"

adj. of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

adj. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

adj. beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"

adj. extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"

adj. having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision"

adj. of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

adj. more than adequate; "a generous portion"

adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

adj. producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"

adj. affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"

adj. very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"

adj. full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"

adj. not provident; not providing for the future

adj. recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

adj. such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared; "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"

adj. of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

adj. of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"

adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"

adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"

adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman

adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"

adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

adj. holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"

adj. of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

adj. selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"

adj. distinguished from all others in excellence: "a banner year for the company"

adj. of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

adj. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"

adj. narrow-minded about cherished opinions

adj. compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine"

adj. characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling"

adj. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"

adj. markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"

adj. advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta"

adj. eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"

adj. original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

adj. not frequently used or experienced: "a rare word"; "an unwonted softness in her old face"

adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

adj. radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

adj. fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions"

adj. inconceivably large

adj. unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"

adj. large or big relative to something else

adj. highest in quality

adj. somewhat large

adj. being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt"

adj. of large size for its weight

adj. large in capacity; "she carried a capacious bag"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. inconceivably extended in space or time

adj. of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

adj. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"

adj. unusually large in scope; "a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed"

adj. relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay"

adj. of great size and bulk; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships"

adj. (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss"

adj. extra large; "a king-size bed"

adj. constructed or drawn to a big scale; "large-scale maps"

adj. being of the same size as an original; "a life-size sculpture"

adj. very large in scale or scope or capability

adj. very large; appropriate to the size of a man; "a man-sized piece of cake"

adj. imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"

adj. abnormally large

adj. like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man"

adj. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

adj. larger than normal for its kind

adj. excessively large

adj. (used especially of beds) not as large as king-size; "a queen-sized bed"

adj. allowing ample room for ranging

adj. very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

adj. extremely large; "another super skyscraper"

adj. severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

adj. of great force or power

adj. large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"

adj. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

adj. highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery"

adj. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering"

adj. serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value"

adj. fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"

adj. of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics"

adj. worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement"

adj. remarkable or wonderful

adj. suggestive of fireworks; "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity"; "a pyrotechnic wit"

adj. extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"

adj. being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution"

adj. surpassing the ordinary or normal; "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid andsome steel"- George Will; "his uncanny sense of direction"

adj. unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"

adj. for a special service or occasion; "a special correspondent"; "a special adviser to the committee"; "had to get special permission for the event"

adj. performing or able to perform wonders or miracles

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. not important or noteworthy

adj. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

adj. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"