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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The 1950s were a time of tremendous cultural expansion by these newly educated classes.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

“We have a tremendous amount of respect for the community of people who passionately play the game,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“The officials are tremendous and dedicated trying to do a good job.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

“There’s a tremendous amount of interest right now in diversification” not just in oil and gas but also in bulk-goods routes, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Whatever the answer, one thing is for certain: the Antikythera shipwreck site is of tremendous importance.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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