Synonyms for terrific
təˈrɪf ɪkter·rif·ic

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1. terrificadjective

   Synonyms:
   brilliant, horrific

2. terrificadjective

   Frighteningly good.

   I say! She's a terrific tennis player.

   Synonyms:
   horrific, brilliant

3. terrificadjective

   Astounding or awesome.

   The car came round the bend at a terrific speed.

   Synonyms:
   horrific, brilliant

4. terrificadjective

   Terrifying; causing terror

   The lightning was followed by a terrific clap of thunder.

   Synonyms:
   brilliant, horrific

5. terrificadjective

   Frightful or very unpleasant.

   I've got a terrific hangover this morning.

   Synonyms:
   brilliant, horrific

6. terrificadjective

   Extraordinarily great or intense.

   terrific speed

   Synonyms:
   brilliant, horrific

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1. terrific

   Awful should not be used of things which are merely disagreeable or annoying, nor of all that are alarming and terrible, but only of such as bring a solemn awe upon the soul, as in the presence of a superior power; as, the awful hush before the battle. That which is awful arouses an oppressive, that which is august an admiring reverence; we speak of the august presence of a mighty monarch, the awful presence of death. We speak of an exalted station, a grand mountain, an imposing presence, a majestic cathedral, a noble mien, a solemn litany, a stately march, an august assembly, the awful scene of the Judgment Day.

   Synonyms:
   alarming, appalling, august, awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, frightful, grand, horrible, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, shocking, solemn, stately, terrible

   Antonyms:
   base, beggarly, commonplace, contemptible, despicable, humble, inferior, lowly, mean, paltry, undignified, vulgar

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1. terrificadjective

   very great or intense

   "a terrific noise"; "a terrific thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle"

   Synonyms:
   wondrous, tremendous, terrifying, howling(a), wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, marvelous, rattling(a), grand

   Antonyms:
   ordinary, unalarming, mild

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:
   mild, ordinary, unalarming

3. terrific, terrifyingadjective

   causing extreme terror

   "a terrifying wail"

   Synonyms:
   wondrous, tremendous, terrifying, howling(a), wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, marvelous, rattling(a), grand

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, mild, ordinary

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1. terrificadjective

   Synonyms:
   frightful, TERRIBLE

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1. List of paraphrases for "terrific":

   fantastic, awesome, wonderful, great, formidable, amazing, fabulous, super, delicious, tremendous, beautiful, terrible, brilliant, gorgeous, magnificent, excellent

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1. Donald Trump:

   She didn't ask me for that. She came up as friends, she's a great woman, a terrific woman and a terrific friend. I'd love her to run.

2. Susan Olsen:

   My first husband and I spent time with her sons, and he told me, ‘Her kids are terrific,' that’s how you know how good a mom she was. Two families and a career, and her kids still turned out terrific.

3. Minna Antrim:

   Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

4. James Agee:

   In every child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again and in him, too, once more, and of each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terror, and of God.

5. Anna Quindlen:

   The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous.