English Dictionary
◊ TREMENDOUS
tremendous
adj 1: extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power
or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses";
"tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous face in
human experience; that...civilization should be
dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane
took off with a tremendous noise" [syn: {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" [syn: {fantastic}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous},
{rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {wonderful}, {wondrous}]