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tremendous
Overview of adj tremendous
The adj tremendous has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (19) enormous, tremendous -- (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")
2. (10) fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous -- (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")
3. frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous -- (extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money")
Antonyms of adj tremendous
3 senses of tremendous
Sense 1
enormous, tremendous
INDIRECT (VIA large, big) -> small, little
INDIRECT (VIA large, big) -> small, little
Sense 2
fantastic, grand, howling(prenominal), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(prenominal), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
INDIRECT (VIA extraordinary) -> ordinary
Sense 3
frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous
INDIRECT (VIA extraordinary) -> ordinary
Similarity of adj tremendous
3 senses of tremendous
Sense 1
enormous, tremendous
=> large (vs. small), big (vs. little)
Sense 2
fantastic, grand, howling(prenominal), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(prenominal), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
=> extraordinary (vs. ordinary)
Sense 3
frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous
=> extraordinary (vs. ordinary)
Pertainyms of adj tremendous
Attributes of adj tremendous
Domain of adj tremendous
1 of 3 senses of tremendous
Sense 3
frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj tremendous
Familiarity of adj tremendous
tremendous used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj tremendous
tremendous
Grep of adv tremendous
tremendously
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