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Tremendous

Tremendous Meaning & Definition
Tremendous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tremendous?

[adj] 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"
[adj] extraordinarily good; 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tremendous: big | enormous | extraordinary | fantastic | howling(a) | large | marvellous | marvelous | rattling(a) | terrific | wonderful | wondrous

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Tremendous In Webster's Dictionary

\Tre*men"dous\, a. [L. tremendus that is to be trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See {Tremble}.] 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. A tremendous mischief was a foot. --Motley. Syn: Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible; awful. -- {Tre*men"dous*ly}, adv. -- {Tre*men"dous*ness}, n.

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