stupendous
Amazingly large or impressive.
stupendous in a sentence
- The magician's final trick was so stupendous that the whole audience gasped.
- From the plane window we saw a stupendous mountain, so huge its peak hid in the clouds.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to stupendous?
- Atiny
- Bordinary
- Camazing
- Ddull
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C: amazing. The other three mean the opposite of stupendous.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to stupendous?
- Aamazing
- Bwonderful
- Cordinary
- Dhuge
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C: ordinary. The other three mean nearly the same as stupendous.
Words that mean something similar
amazing, wonderful, huge
Words that mean the opposite
ordinary, dull, tiny
More words about size & amount
- substantial: Large enough to matter.
- sufficient: As much as is needed; enough.
- superfluous: More than is needed, and so not necessary.
- superior: Better, higher or more important than others.
- surplus: An amount left over when you have more than you need.
- swarm: A large moving crowd of insects or people.
- teem: To be completely full of moving things.
- throng: A large crowd of people packed together.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test