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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Simulating these reactions is one of the biggest challenges in nuclear astrophysics because the calculations require tremendous computing power.

From Science Daily • Jul. 8, 2026

“Maybe that, or I don’t know. Maybe they’re trying to get to me. And in a way they did, because there was tremendous unity in that room.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

She "struggled on" with "tremendous pain and misery" after her breakdown as a teenager until it all came to a head one day in her late 20s.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

In her dissent, Sotomayor predicts that the ruling will cause chaos by creating tremendous legal uncertainty.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2026

“All right, all you bodacious babies, terrific toddlers, glorious grade schoolers, magnificent middle schoolers, and tremendous teens, let me hear you!” the emcee said, and the audience roared.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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