Synonyms for tremendous
trɪˈmɛn dəstremen·dous

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1. tremendous

   That which is formidable is worthy of fear if encountered or opposed; as, a formidable array of troops, or of evidence. Formidable is a word of more dignity than dangerous, and suggests more calm and collected power than terrible; formidable is less overwhelming than tremendous. A loaded gun is dangerous; a park of artillery is formidable; a charge of cavalry is terrible; the full shock of great armies is tremendous. A dangerous man is likely to do mischief, and needs watching; a formidable man may not be dangerous if not attacked; an enraged maniac is terrible; the force of ocean waves in a storm, and the silent pressure in the ocean depths, are tremendous.

   Synonyms:
   dangerous, formidable, redoubted, terrible

   Antonyms:
   contemptible, despicable, feeble, harmless, helpless, powerless, weak

   Preposition:
   Formidable by or in numbers; in strength; formidable to the enemy.

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1. tremendous

   Synonyms:
   terrible, dreadful, awful, fearful, appalling

   Antonyms:
   unimposing, unappalling, inconsiderable

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1. enormous, tremendousadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   wondrous, terrific, howling(a), wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, terrible, awful, marvelous, rattling(a), frightful, enormous, grand

   Antonyms:
   little, ordinary, small

2. fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrousadjective

   extraordinarily good or great ; 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"

   Antonyms:
   little, ordinary, small

3. frightful, terrible, awful, tremendousadjective

   extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

   "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

   Synonyms:
   dreadful, enormous, marvelous, wondrous, rattling(a), awful, frightful, amazing, horrendous, severe, dreaded, dire, wonderful, grand, marvellous, atrocious, painful, horrifying, awing, awed, wicked, horrific, dread(a), awe-inspiring, unspeakable, fearful, nasty, terrible, horrible, abominable, fantastic, frightening, terrific, awesome, fearsome, howling(a), direful, ugly

   Antonyms:
   ordinary, small, little

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1. tremendousadjective

   Synonyms:
   terrible, dreadful, horrible, horrid, horrific, frightful, terrific, alarming, awful, appalling

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1. List of paraphrases for "tremendous":

   enormous, huge, immense, formidable, great, massive, vast, considerable, extraordinary, daunting, terrific, terrible, colossal, gigantic, remarkable, fantastic, wonderful, significant, large, dramatic, substantial, incredible, phenomenal, big, overwhelming, major, amazing, horrendous

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1. Jill Ellis:

   Shannon Boxx and Abby Wambach are so diverse in attack, they all have tremendous assets and experience and Shannon Boxx and Abby Wambach are really stacked at that position, shannon Boxx and Abby Wambach have proven goal scorers, great options and it is certainly one of our strengths.

2. John Grunsfeld:

   This is a tremendous moment in human history.

3. Blayne Arthur:

   The Memorial is a tremendous tribute to those who were lost, those who survived and those whose lives were changed forever, i think it helps us to know that Oklahomans and many other Americans will never forget that terrible day or those adults and children who were lost.

4. Kobi Sharvit:

   The discovery of such a large hoard of coins that had such tremendous economic power in antiquity raises several possibilities regarding its presence on the seabed, there is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected.

5. John Harrison:

   I suspect flight crews have an ability to recover from a hack in a variety of ways, while computers do a tremendous amount of the flying in modern aviation, humans are still capable of controlling aircraft if the technology fails or is disrupted.