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. Dan Shreve:

   We are seeing tremendous pushback within some communities over siting.

2. Ian Zhu:

   You have to know local tastes and the local environment really well, foreign companies will have tremendous challenges in that.

3. Marco Rubio:

   Tomorrow our plan is to be in Utah campaigning irrespective of tonight. It would be a lot better to go to Utah being the winner of the Florida primary. It will give us a tremendous amount of momentum, it will give us 99 delegates, and that's the way we want to do it tonight.

4. Loretta Lynch:

   I think if you talk to people who live in communities that deal with these issues all the time, they will say to you that what these videos are showing us now is what people in many minority communities have been talking about for years, and what they've been describing for years, but they haven't been believed, they have been dismissed, mainly because people don't want to believe that law enforcement can overstep. And of course, it's not every law enforcement officer. But when it happens, the impact that it has, the gash that it leaves, in the web of trust that we need in order for everyone to feel safe, is tremendous. And so that's why these incidents resonate so deeply.

5. Tim Carmichael:

   That's going to be a tremendous step forward over where we are today.