tremendous
Adjective Satellite
- extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; ; ; ; - Walter Lippman
- "tremendous sweeping plains"
- "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"
- "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"
- extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers
- "a tremendous achievement"
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Adj
- Awe-inspiring; terrific.
- Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
- Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great
Examples
- There was a tremendous outpouring of support.
- Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.
Origin / Etymology
Adapted borrowing of Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”, gerundive of tremō (“to tremble”)) + -ous. Doublet of tremend.
Synonyms
awful, enormous, fantastic, frightful, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrible, terrific, wonderful, wondrous
Scrabble Score: 13
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