tremendous meaning and definition

TREMENDOUS adjective

Definition of tremendous (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: enormous
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"
   • synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, wonderful, wondrous
3. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
   • "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
   • synonyms: awful, frightful, terrible