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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That isn’t tremendous 2½ years in, especially when considering how the competition is faring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Thanks to its own chips, Apple now has a tremendous edge in the PC market.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

"What a way to perform in such a big game as a captain. He was tremendous."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Charley Steiner, who seems to be slowly working his way back as a Dodgers announcer, gets tremendous support from Dodgers Dugout readers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 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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