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. Matthew Eby:

   We had half the story that comes from hurricanes with our flood model, the other half of the story with hurricanes is the tremendous amount of wind force they have.

2. Jared Sullinger:

   I thought Jae Crowder and Amir Johnson did a tremendous job on focusing on the game in front of Jae Crowder and Amir Johnson and Jae Crowder and Amir Johnson've been doing that all year, on Friday Jae Crowder and Amir Johnson're going to take it as another game.

3. Stewart Pearce:

   I completely celebrate him and totally support what’s taken place, harry is an agent of change. He’s a voice of liberation. He speaks with passion and clarity. I feel there’s a tremendous emotional intelligence there. This is a young man who expressed himself after many years of silence, after many years of pushing the anger of his mother’s death down inside. The very fact that he’s become so open about the challenges he’s experienced regarding his mental health is extraordinary. It will encourage other people to speak out about their own challenges.

4. Lloyd Austin:

   I've known the chairman for a long time. We've fought together. We've served a couple of times in the same unit. So I'm not guessing at his character, and I think, I clearly have tremendous faith and confidence in the chairman.

5. Fran Williams:

   Kyrsten Sinema's going to have to make some kind of tremendous turnaround to get our support back, people are not happy with Kyrsten Sinema.