different between extraordinary vs thundering

English

Alternative forms

• extra-ordinary
• extraördinary (rare)

Etymology

From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
• Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry

Adjective

extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)

1. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
2. Remarkably good.

3. Special or supernumerary.

   the physician extraordinary in a royal household

   an extraordinary professor in a German university

Synonyms

• exceptional
• unparalleled
• noteworthy
• outstanding

Antonyms

• everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

Derived terms

• extraordinary optical transmission
• extraordinary professor
• extraordinary rendition

Translations

Noun

extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)

1. Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
   • 1787, The New Annual Register

     […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English thonderynge, þoundryng, equivalent to thunder +? -ing.

Verb

thundering

1. present participle of thunder

Adjective

thundering (comparative more thundering, superlative most thundering)

1. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by thunder.
2. Producing a noise or effect like thunder; thunderous.
3. (colloquial) Very great; extraordinary.
   • 1927, G. K. Chesterton, The Secret of Father Brown

     “I think it had a thundering lot to do with the story I am considering now,” said Father Brown.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thundryng, þondring, from Old English þunring (“thundering; thunder”), equivalent to thunder +? -ing.

Noun

thundering (plural thunderings)

1. A loud percussive sound, like thunder.
2. (archaic) A thunderstorm.

Anagrams

• underthing