Substantial vs Prodigious - What's the difference?
substantial | prodigious | Related terms |
Having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
* "to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection" - Cardinal Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
Corporeal; material; firm.
Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
Large in size, quantity, or value; as, a substantial amount of money; vast
Most important; essential.
Ample or full.
Significantly great.
Very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge.
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, Its prodigious size made me shrink again; yet I could not, without pleasure, behold, and even ventur'd to feel, such a length, such a breadth of animated ivory!}}
extraordinarily exciting or amazing
(obsolete) ominous, portentous
Substantial is a related term of prodigious.
As adjectives the difference between substantial and prodigious
is that substantial is having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life while prodigious is very big in size or quantity; gigantic; colossal; huge.As a noun substantial
is anything having substance; an essential part.substantial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A substantial amount of people in this buliding