tremendous
- 1Extremely large in amount, extent, or degree, or otherwise very great.
The new policy generated a tremendous increase in applications within weeks.
Rebuilding after the flood required tremendous resources and many months of labor.
Similarhuge, enormous, immense, vast, massive
Oppositetiny, slight, negligible, minimal
- 2Remarkable for its size, power, or excellence.
The orchestra delivered a tremendous performance that drew a long standing ovation.
The engine produces tremendous power, enough to tow a loaded trailer uphill.
Similaroutstanding, superb, terrific, enormous, immense
- 3Inspiring awe; wonderful or strikingly impressive.
The cathedral's interior was tremendous, its soaring stone arches inspiring quiet awe.
Standing before the glacier, they felt the tremendous majesty of the wild.
Similarmagnificent, awesome, impressive, wonderful, stunning
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Origin
Adapted borrowing of Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”, gerundive of tremō (“to tremble”)) + -ous. Doublet of tremend.