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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 war "adds tremendous amount of uncertainty to the vehicle market," said Charlie Chesbrough, an economist at Cox Automotive.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Richardson acknowledges the tremendous breakthroughs in myeloma care and is highly appreciative of them.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Guthrie said that before the kidnapping, her mother was in "tremendous pain" and had trouble walking.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“There is a tremendous amount of uncertainty,” said John Gerner, managing director of Leisure Business Advisors, a consulting firm that works on attractions including theme parks and museums.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Barrel-maker John Flynn was also working in the building and had just stepped out on the platform for a breath of air when he was startled by a tremendous noise behind him.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.