tremendous
adjective
tre·men·dous
tri-ˈmen-dəs 
1
a
: notable by reason of extreme size, power, greatness, or excellence
tremendous problems
a writer of tremendous talent
—often used as a generalized term of approvalhad a tremendous time
b
: unusually large : huge
a tremendous number of people
2
: being such as may excite trembling or arouse dread, awe, or terror
tremendousness
noun
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- planetary
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
Examples of tremendous in a Sentence
He has a tremendous amount of energy.
The engine's power is tremendous.
She is a writer of tremendous talent.
We had a tremendous time.
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This was a tremendous risk for the team, me as a leader, and the company.
—
Mamie Jones, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
And so there’s a tremendous amount of pride and excitement about bringing this out into the world after spending seven years of our lives together telling these stories.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
The American media could do the nation a tremendous public service on Election Day by repeating ad nauseam a simple civic fact: The states and the District of Columbia elect the president.
—Andrew Cline, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
One of the couple's other children, daughter Emily, testified that her mother had another affair in 2009 and her parents' relationship was under tremendous stress, according to FOX 5.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mamie Jones, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
And so there’s a tremendous amount of pride and excitement about bringing this out into the world after spending seven years of our lives together telling these stories.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
The American media could do the nation a tremendous public service on Election Day by repeating ad nauseam a simple civic fact: The states and the District of Columbia elect the president.
—Andrew Cline, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
One of the couple's other children, daughter Emily, testified that her mother had another affair in 2009 and her parents' relationship was under tremendous stress, according to FOX 5.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Tremendous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tremendous. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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tremendous
adjective
tre·men·dous
tri-ˈmen-dəs
1
: causing dread, awe, or terror : dreadful
2
: astonishing because of great size, excellence, or power
tremendous problems
a writer of tremendous talent
tremendously
adverb
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