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terrific

[tuh-rif-ik] / təˈrɪf ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
intense
Synonyms
STRONGEST
awesome awful dreadful great horrible huge terrible tremendous
WEAK
agitating appalling deafening disquieting enormous excessive extreme fearful fierce formidable frightful gigantic harsh horrific immense large monstrous severe shocking terrorizing thunderous upsetting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
good insignificant little miniature minute pleasant pleasing small tiny unimportant wonderful
WEAK
bad calm inferior low moderate nasty poor
ADJECTIVE
wonderful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amazing breathtaking excellent fabulous fantastic great hot magnificent marvelous outstanding sensational superb
WEAK
ace divine fine glorious groovy keen smashing stupendous super swell very good
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad common inferior insignificant little ordinary plain poor second-rate small ugly unexceptional usual
WEAK
calm low moderate nasty

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"So I thought this was a terrific idea."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

"Tourists come to England and they can go to Abbey Road, but they can't go inside... so I thought this was a terrific idea," McCartney told the BBC.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

For those who are risk averse, Dywer says she often recommends a balanced portfolio of 50% stocks and 50% bonds, which has historically produced a terrific trade-off between long-term returns and shorter-term volatility.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

We’ve got a terrific portfolio that we’re building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

I got a cold wife; she’s brilliant, she’s stimulating, she’s terrific; there’s no love; that's okay too, just so long as we don't keep expecting everything to somehow even out for us before we die.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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