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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While it makes sense to modernize the Postal Service, for the small cost to the U.S. taxpayers, it is a tremendous bargain that links all of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

He said that Xi "congratulated me on so many tremendous successes."

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

She described the "outpouring of support" she has received as "tremendous".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

If banks feel that reserves are “scarce,” it could be a repeat of the tremendous upward pressure on overnight market interest rates in September 2019, and could stress the financial system.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

It got halfway and then, horrifyingly, the ground heaved up with a tremendous roar, louder than the thunder itself.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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