tremendous
Tremendous means extraordinarily large in size, extent, amount, power, or degree. It can also mean really marvelous and fantastic — or really awful and terrible.
We often use tremendous if something is super wonderful. If someone comes into your office and tells you you just won a big contract and are getting a huge bonus, you might exclaim, “Tremendous!” Tremendous comes from the Latin for "trembling," and is connected with fear. Something tremendous can be big in a terrifying way, like the tremendous noise of an approaching hurricane, or a tremendous tidal wave about to crash on the shore.
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extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
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extreme in degree or extent or amount or impactextraordinarybeyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
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extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers“a tremendous achievement”synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, wonderful, wondrousextraordinarybeyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
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Vocabulary lists containing tremendous
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