Definition of tremendous Tremendous

/tɹʌmɛˈndʌs/ - [trumendus] - tre•men•dous

We found 9 definitions of tremendous from 5 different sources.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

tremendous - 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"
  fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, wonderful, wondrous
  extraordinary (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials; "an ambassador extraordinary"
tremendous - 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"
  enormous
  large, big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
tremendous - extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
  frightful, terrible, awful
  extraordinary (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials; "an ambassador extraordinary"
  colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • tremendous (a.)
    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.

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  • tremendous
    Extremely large.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • tremendous
    trē-men′dus, adj. such as astonishes or terrifies by its force or greatness: dreadful.—adv. Tremen′dously.—n. Tremen′dousness

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