tremendous
adjective
1. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
- tremendous sweeping plains
- a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology
- a plane took off with a tremendous noise
Similar word(s): big, large, enormous
2. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
- a tremendous achievement
Similar word(s): extraordinary, fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, wonderful, wondrous, raging
3. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Similar word(s): extraordinary, awful, frightful, terrible
Sentences with tremendous as an adjective:
- Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.
- There was a tremendous outpouring of support.