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| Main Entry: | astounding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, breathtaking, eye-popping*, mind-blowing*, mind-boggling*, overwhelming, shocking, startling, surprising, wondrous, confounding, stupefying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | astound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, bewilder, bowl over*, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, overwhelm, shock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, blow away, knock over with feather, take aback |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appalling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astounding, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, intimidating, mean, shocking, terrible, terrifying, daunting, disheartening, dismaying, grody, horrid, horrific, petrifying, scaring, the end, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | comforting, encouraging, satisfying, reassuring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | astonishing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surprising |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astounding, breathtaking, extraordinary, impressive, marvelous, miraculous, spectacular, staggering, startling, striking, stunning, stupendous, wonderful, wondrous, bewildering, stupefying |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, expected |
| Main Entry: | fabulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing, wonderful |
| Synonyms: | 10, aces*, astonishing, astounding, awesome, best, breathtaking, cool*, extravagant, fantastic, fictitious, first-class, groovy*, immense, inconceivable, incredible, legendary, marvelous, mind-blowing*, outrageous, peachy*, phenomenal, prodigious, remarkable, spectacular, striking, stupendous, super, superb, terrific, unbelievable, unreal, wicked*, A-1*, A-OK, doozie, fab, greatest, out-of-sight, out-of-this-world, primo, rad, top drawer, tops, turn-on |
| Antonyms: | common, normal, ordinary, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miraculous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surprisingly wonderful |
| Synonyms: | amazing, anomalous, astonishing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, freakish, heavy, incredible, inexplicable, magical, marvelous, monstrous, phenomenal, preternatural, prodigious, spectacular, staggering, strange, stupendous, superhuman, superior, supernatural, unaccountable, unbelievable, unearthly, unimaginable, unreal, wondrous, numinous, stupefying, supermundane, supranatural, thaumaturgic, the utmost, wonderworking |
| Antonyms: | normal, usual |
| Main Entry: | overwhelming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overpowering |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astounding, breathtaking, devastating, exciting, mind-boggling, staggering, stunning, vast, crushing, eye-opening, overcoming, paralyzing, shattering |
| Main Entry: | portentous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting; foreboding |
| Synonyms: | alarming, amazing, apocalyptic, astounding, destined, doomed, exhilarating, extraordinary, fated, fateful, haunting, ill-boding, ill-fated, impending, important, inauspicious, inspiring, intriguing, ominous, phenomenal, prophetic, remarkable, suggestive, threatening, thrilling, augural, premonitory |
| Main Entry: | spectacular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, impressive |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, daring, dazzling, dramatic, eye-catching, fabulous, fantastic, grand, histrionic, magnificent, marked, marvelous, miraculous, prodigious, remarkable, sensational, splendid, staggering, striking, stunning, stupendous, theatrical, thrilling, wondrous, razzle-dazzle |
| Antonyms: | normal, ordinary, regular, usual, unspectacular |
| Main Entry: | staggering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overwhelming |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, astounding, distressing, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, shocking, stunning |
| Main Entry: | stupendous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, amazing |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, colossal, dynamite, enormous, fabulous, fantastic, fat*, gigantic, great, huge, marvelous, mind-blowing*, mind-boggling*, miraculous, monster, monumental, overwhelming, phenomenal, prodigious, radical*, spectacular, staggering, stunning, super, superb, surprising, terrific, too much*, tremendous, unreal*, utmost*, vast, wondrous, fab, smashing, titantic |
| Antonyms: | terrible, unimportant, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tremendous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge, overwhelming |
| Synonyms: | amazing, appalling, astounding, awesome, awful, blimp, colossal, deafening, dreadful, enormous, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fearful, formidable, frightful, gargantuan, gigantic, great, humongous, immense, incredible, jumbo*, large, mammoth, marvelous, massive, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, stupendous, super, terrible, terrific, titanic, towering, vast, whale*, whopper, whopping, wonderful, cracking, great big, mondo |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, little, small, tiny, unimportant, underwhelming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncanny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very strange, unusual |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, creepy, devilish, eerie, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, ghostly, ghoulish, incredible, inspired, magical, miraculous, mysterious, preternatural, prodigious, queer, remarkable, scary, secret, singular, spooky, superhuman, supernatural, unearthly, unheard-of, unnatural, weird, inexplainable, mystifying, supernormal, supranormal |
| Antonyms: | common, earthly, natural, usual |
| Main Entry: | wonderful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | great, extraordinary |
| Synonyms: | admirable, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, brilliant, cool*, divine*, dynamite*, enjoyable, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, fine, groovy*, incredible, magnificent, marvelous, miraculous, outstanding, peachy*, phenomenal, pleasant, pleasing, prime, remarkable, sensational, staggering, startling, strange, stupendous, super, superb, surprising, swell, terrific, too much*, tremendous, unheard-of, wondrous, something else |
| Antonyms: | bad, lousy, poor, rotten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wondrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remarkable |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary, fascinating, marvelous, miraculous, striking, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | marvelous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to believe; amazing |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, breathtaking, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, implausible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, remarkable, singular, spectacular, staggering, strange, striking, stunning, stupendous, supernatural, surprising, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, unusual, wonderful, wondrous, bewildering, confounding, difficult to believe |
| Antonyms: | believable, expected, ordinary, plain, unamazing |
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | startling, exaggerated |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, amazing, astounding, breathtaking, coarse, colored, conspicuous, dramatic, emotional, excessive, exciting, extravagant, hair-raising, juicy*, livid, lurid, marked, melodramatic, noticeable, outstanding, piquant, pointed, prominent, pungent, remarkable, rough, salient, scandalous, shocking, signal, spectacular, staggering, stimulating, sultry, tabloid*, thrilling, vulgar, arresting, electrifying, horrifying, revealing, sensationalistic |
| Antonyms: | ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strange |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deviating, unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, astonishing, astounding, atypical, bizarre, curious, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, far-out*, funny, idiosyncratic, ignorant, inexperienced, irregular, marvelous, new, newfangled*, odd, oddball*, off, offbeat*, out-of-the-way*, outlandish, peculiar, perplexing, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, unaccountable, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncommon, unseasoned, unusual, weird, wonderful, mystifying, unheard of |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, normal, regular, standard, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | appalling, astounding, atrocious, awful, baleful, creepy, dire, distressing, dreadful, eerie, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising*, hideous, horrible, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, sinister, strange, sublime, terrible, tremendous, unearthly, unspeakable, bloodcurdling, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome |
| Notes: | someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incredible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | marvellous |
| Synonyms: | ace*, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, glorious, great, prodigious, superhuman*, unreal*, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | bad, poor, terrible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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