1. (

• colossal ,
• prodigious ,
• stupendous

) 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" ;

2. (

• portentous ,
• prodigious

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

3. (

• exceeding ,
• exceptional ,
• olympian ,
• prodigious ,
• surpassing

) 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" ;