tremendous

Definition of tremendous in English English dictionary: Notable for its size, power, or excellence
Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.; Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great
There was a tremendous outpouring of support.; awe-inspiring; terrific; awe-inspiring; {a} awful, dreadful, horrible, vile; extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary; extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"; extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"; emphasis You use tremendous to emphasize how strong a feeling or quality is, or how large an amount is. I felt a tremendous pressure on my chest = terrific + tremendously tre·men·dous·ly The business is tremendously profitable; {s} very great in numbers, huge, enormous, powerful; Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall; You can describe someone or something as tremendous when you think they are very good or very impressive. I thought it was absolutely tremendous. = terrific + tremendously tre·men·dous·ly I thought they played tremendously well, didn't you?; gigantic
tremendous achievement: great success, completing a goal with excellence
tremendous success: great achievement, completing a goal at a great level
tremendously: Greatly; enormously
The noise was tremendously loud.''.
tremendousness: The state or condition of being tremendous
tremendously: {a} in a tremendous manner
tremendously: extremely; "he was enormously popular"
tremendously: in a tremendous manner, with greatness
tremendousness: {i} hugeness; intensity; dreadfulness, awesomeness

tremendous

Hyphenation

tre·men·dous

Turkish pronunciation

trımendıs

Synonyms

amazing, appalling, astounding, awesome, awful, blimp, colossal, cracking, deafening, dreadful, enormous, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous

Antonyms

insignificant, little, small, tiny, underwhelming, unimportant

Pronunciation

/trəˈmendəs/ /trəˈmɛndəs/

Etymology

[ tri-'men-d&s ] (adjective.) 1632. From Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”), gerund form of tremere (“to tremble”), from Ancient Greek τρέμω (tremo)