awesome
- 1Very good, exciting, or impressive.
Like the feeling when your team scores the winning goal.
That roller coaster was totally awesome!
We found an awesome little pizza place downtown.
UsagePeople often just say Awesome! In formal writing, use excellent.
Similarexcellent, brilliant, cool, exceptional, admirable
Oppositeterrible, awful, lousy
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- 2Causing strong feelings of wonder, fear, or respect.
Like the feeling you get standing at the edge of a giant cliff.
The children fell silent before the awesome power of the crashing waves.
A huge, awesome storm rolled across the plains.
UsageMany people hear awesome as just "very good". Say awe-inspiring to be clear.
Similarawe-inspiring
Oppositeunimpressive
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- 3Short for awesomeness: being really great or amazing.
That party was full of awesome from start to finish.
Her new song has so much awesome.
UsageUsed in phrases like pure awesome and made of awesome.
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Origin
From awe plus -some. It first meant full of awe, then inspiring awe, and later became a common word for anything great.
Checked 30 Oct 2026 · 3 facts
- Awesome was formed from awe plus -some. en.wiktionary.org
- It first described someone feeling awe; the meaning 'inspiring awe' developed later. lnu.diva-portal.org
- The general meaning 'great' developed later. en.wiktionary.org