Tremendous meaning

What does “tremendous” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“tremendous” is an adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree.

tremendous

extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
“an enormous boulder”
“enormous expenses”
Synonymsenormous
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
“a fantastic trip to the Orient”
“the film was fantastic!”
Synonymsfantastic grand howling marvelous marvellous rattling terrific wonderful
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
“in a frightful hurry”
“spent a frightful amount of money”
Synonymsfrightful terrible awful

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University