Definition of 'tremendous'

Adjective

1. 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: enormous
2. 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: fantastic grand howling marvelous marvellous rattling terrific wonderful wondrous
3. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
      Synonyms: frightful terrible awful

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