"tremendous" in the adjective sense
1. enormous, tremendous
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman
"an enormous boulder"
"enormous expenses"
"tremendous sweeping plains"
"a tremendous fact in human experience
"a plane took off with a tremendous noise"
2. fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
extraordinarily good or great 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"
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