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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President Donald Trump directed US federal agencies in February to begin identifying and releasing government files related to UFOs and aliens, saying the move was "based on the tremendous interest shown."

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Boulden thinks the mural ended up being a tremendous success.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

“Lost Worlds” convinces us of the value of slowing down to recognize the tremendous diversity of the human past.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The new Section 2 was a tremendous success, leading to the election of scores of minority-preferred candidates in Congress and on the state and local level.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

The thought of a ride was such a tremendous relief that Jinjoo took a step toward the wagon, but then something made her stop.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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