Tremendous (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Usages
Examples
- The firework exploded with a tremendous force, illuminating the entire night sky.
- The athlete achieved tremendous success in her career, breaking multiple records in her sport.
- The crowd responded to the announcement with tremendous enthusiasm, erupting in cheers and applause.
- The damage caused by the hurricane was tremendous, with thousands of homes destroyed.
- The singer's voice had a tremendous impact on the audience, bringing many to tears with her emotional performance.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Extraordinarily good or great; 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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Synonyms
Meaning 3
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The football stadium had a tremendous seating capacity that could hold thousands of spectators.
- The discovery of the new species was a tremendous breakthrough in the field of biology.
- The charity raised a tremendous amount of money for the relief efforts after the natural disaster.
- The tourists were amazed by the tremendous beauty of the Grand Canyon at sunset.
- The company's tremendous growth and success were attributed to its innovative approach to marketing.