tremendous

[trih-men-duhs] / trɪˈmɛn dəs /

ADJECTIVE

huge, overwhelming

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amazing astounding awesome colossal dreadful enormous excellent exceptional extraordinary fabulous fantastic formidable great immense incredible marvelous massive monumental prodigious terrible terrific vast wonderful

WEAK

appalling awful cracking deafening fearful frightful gargantuan gigantic great big humongous jumbo large mammoth mondo monstrous stupendous super titanic towering whale whopper whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable common commonplace conventional customary expected familiar inferior insignificant little miniature minute normal ordinary plain pleasant poor powerless small teeny tiny trivial unamazing unimportant unnoteworthy usual weak wonderful

WEAK

underwhelming

Example Sentences

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Says Giroux: “Utilities are a great way to play the AI boom without taking a tremendous amount of risk.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

"I wanted to support the racers heading off... I think it's tremendous of him to put himself through this. It's incredible."

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

This unspoken desire hides deep in the catacombs of our juvenile vampire fantasies, an awareness that this fleeting time of youth and beauty coincides with tremendous anxiety, confusion and parentally imposed restrictions.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

“What we’re seeing is that this Spurs-Knicks series is a tremendous cultural moment,” Kelly said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

The Queen herself gave orders that a special house with tremendous high ceilings and enormous doors should immediately be built in Windsor Great Park, next to her own castle, for the BFG to live in.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

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