Meaning & Definition of Prodigious in English

1. 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. Of momentous or ominous significance

• "Such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- herman melville

• "A prodigious vision"

3. 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"