tremendous

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree (Freq. 19)
- 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
• Syn:
enormous
• Similar to:
large, big
• Derivationally related forms:
enormousness (for: enormous), enormity (for: enormous)
2. extraordinarily good or great;
used especially as intensifiers (Freq. 10)
- 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
• Syn:
fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous,
rattling, terrific, wonderful, wondrous
• Similar to:
extraordinary
• Derivationally related forms:
wonder (for: wondrous), wonderfulness (for: wonderful), grandness (for: grand)
3. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- in a frightful hurry
- spent a frightful amount of money
• Syn:
frightful, terrible, awful
• Similar to:
extraordinary
• Derivationally related forms:
terribleness (for: terrible)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  frightful, terrible, awful, enormous