Definitions

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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Promotion capped off a tremendous first season in English football for Hull's boss, a former Bosnia international.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“This was a tremendous burden, a tremendous cost,” said Trump, surrounded by executives from supermarket chains including Kroger, Fairway, Neimann Foods and Piggly Wiggly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“We have a very substantial standard on AI, it’s causing — it’s causing tremendous good, and it’s also bringing in a lot of jobs, tremendous numbers of jobs,” he added.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

A: Literature is a tremendous asset for Central America.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“I heard a tremendous explosion, and, rushing out, saw that the public buildings, navy yard, ropewalks, &c., were on fire.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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