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tremendous adjective [ trɪˈmɛndəs ]

• very great in amount, scale, or intensity.
• "Penny put in a tremendous amount of time"
Similar: very great, huge, enormous, immense, colossal, massive, prodigious, stupendous, monumental, mammoth, vast, gigantic, giant, mighty, epic, monstrous, titanic, cosmic, towering, king-sized, king-size, gargantuan, Herculean, Brobdingnagian, substantial, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, astronomical, astronomic, mega, monster, humongous, jumbo, hulking, bumper, whacking, whacking great, ginormous, very loud, deafening, ear-splitting, ear-piercing, booming, thundering, thunderous, roaring, resounding, crashing,
Opposite: tiny, small, slight, soft,
• inspiring awe or dread.
Origin: mid 17th century: from Latin tremendus (gerundive of tremere ‘tremble’) + -ous.


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