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Antonyms for tremendous
trɪˈmɛn dəstremen·dous

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. tremendous

    That which is formidable is worthy of fear if encountered or opposed; as, a formidable array of troops, or of evidence. Formidable is a word of more dignity than dangerous, and suggests more calm and collected power than terrible; formidable is less overwhelming than tremendous. A loaded gun is dangerous; a park of artillery is formidable; a charge of cavalry is terrible; the full shock of great armies is tremendous. A dangerous man is likely to do mischief, and needs watching; a formidable man may not be dangerous if not attacked; an enraged maniac is terrible; the force of ocean waves in a storm, and the silent pressure in the ocean depths, are tremendous.

    Antonyms:
    contemptible, despicable, feeble, harmless, helpless, powerless, weak

    Synonyms:
    dangerous, formidable, redoubted, terrible

    Preposition:
    Formidable by or in numbers; in strength; formidable to the enemy.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.7 / 3 votes

  1. tremendous

    Antonyms:
    unimposing, unappalling, inconsiderable

    Synonyms:
    terrible, dreadful, awful, fearful, appalling

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. enormous, tremendousadjective

    extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

    "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"

    Antonyms:
    little, ordinary, small

    Synonyms:
    wondrous, terrific, howling(a), wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, terrible, awful, marvelous, rattling(a), frightful, enormous, grand

  2. fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrousadjective

    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"

    Antonyms:
    little, ordinary, small

  3. frightful, terrible, awful, tremendousadjective

    extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

    "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

    Antonyms:
    ordinary, small, little

    Synonyms:
    dreadful, enormous, marvelous, wondrous, rattling(a), awful, frightful, amazing, horrendous, severe, dreaded, dire, wonderful, grand, marvellous, atrocious, painful, horrifying, awing, awed, wicked, horrific, dread(a), awe-inspiring, unspeakable, fearful, nasty, terrible, horrible, abominable, fantastic, frightening, terrific, awesome, fearsome, howling(a), direful, ugly

How to use tremendous in a sentence?

  1. Commissioner Nigro:

    The smoke spread throughout the building, thus, the tremendous loss of life and other people fighting for their lives right now in hospitals all over the The Bronx, so we are investigating where everyone was found how the smoke traveled, but certainly the marshals have determined through physical evidence and through firsthand accounts by the residents that this fire started in the bedroom, in a portable electric heater.

  2. Barry Williams:

    No chance, i am as passionate about what I do now as I was as a teenager. I’m so grateful that I was able to find something that was enjoyable and satisfying for me that I still have tremendous enthusiasm and ambition for. I wouldn’t think of ever retiring completely.

  3. Mary Jo White:

    This rulemaking has generated tremendous interest from potential issuers, investors, and intermediaries. The more than 480 comment letters we received raised a number of important issues, focused on the best ways to protect investors while ensuring that securities-based crowdfunding is a workable path for raising capital by smaller companies.

  4. Andrew Tabler:

    I don't see a tremendous amount of change out of the Iranians or Russians. There is some talk of them being tired, but their positions are pretty firm, they think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again.

  5. Rachel Holt:

    We're focused on ensuring this becomes an economically viable business over the long term, we've seen tremendous improvements over the course of this year in that regard and a ton of efforts underway that will continue to improve that over next year.

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#4690ordinary
#4981weak
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#31313feeble
#47706despicable
#79651contemptible
#118861inconsiderable

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