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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But as Cara Giaimo writes for Slate, algae enthusiasts are finding tremendous joy in all the muck.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

He added that Shannon had "displayed tremendous fortitude", having been stuck for more than four hours.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

According to new Pew Research Center data, working from home provides tremendous flexibility for people raising children.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 27, 2026

Even the U.N.’s assessment of how to deal with the threat of climate change continues to pin hope on capturing tremendous amounts of carbon pollution and burying it in the Earth.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

There was a tremendous fishy odor like a thousand tuna cans had been opened, and a sizable pool had formed on the ground below its mouth—blood, seawater, and mysterious shark fluids.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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