Definitions

tremendous

[trih-men-duhs] / trɪˈmɛn dəs /

ADJECTIVE

huge, overwhelming

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amazing astounding awesome colossal dreadful enormous excellent exceptional extraordinary fabulous fantastic formidable great immense incredible marvelous massive monumental prodigious terrible terrific vast wonderful

WEAK

appalling awful cracking deafening fearful frightful gargantuan gigantic great big humongous jumbo large mammoth mondo monstrous stupendous super titanic towering whale whopper whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable common commonplace conventional customary expected familiar inferior insignificant little miniature minute normal ordinary plain pleasant poor powerless small teeny tiny trivial unamazing unimportant unnoteworthy usual weak wonderful

WEAK

underwhelming

Example Sentences

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“I’ve made a tremendous amount of money, more than I would have ever thought I would have made, and I let people invest it I don’t even speak to.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

They said water resources were "under tremendous strain" due to climate change.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026

Semiconductor stocks — an area of the market that’s already volatile after their tremendous surge this year amid the race to build out AI infrastructure — have been one hot spot for leveraged ETFs.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

Simulating these reactions is one of the biggest challenges in nuclear astrophysics because the calculations require tremendous computing power.

From Science Daily • Jul. 8, 2026

Just as it appeared certain that Leeman’s warning had been too late, there was a tremendous shriek and the second train came to a halt.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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