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| Main Entry: | awesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, dreadful, exalted, fearful, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, shocking, striking, stunning, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, daunting, fearsome, horrifying, real gone, something else, stupefying, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | unamazing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amazing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | astonishing |
| Synonyms: | awesome, fascinating, incredible, marvelous, prodigious, shocking, stunning, surprising, unbelievable, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | great |
| Synonyms: | awesome*, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-rate, fly*, top, wonderful, bang-up, whiz-bang |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eerie |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spooky |
| Synonyms: | awesome, bizarre, creepy, fantastic, fearful, frightening, ghostly, mysterious, scary, spectral, strange, supernatural, superstitious, uncanny, unearthly, weird, crawly |
| Antonyms: | funny, normal, ordinary, silly |
| 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: | larger than life |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | legendary |
| Synonyms: | awesome, celebrated, extraordinary, famed, famous, immortal, imposing, impressive, mythical, renowned, towering |
| Main Entry: | majestic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressive, splendid |
| Synonyms: | august, awesome, ceremonious, cool, courtly, dignified, elevated, exalted, grand, grandiose, imperial, imposing, lofty, magnificent, marvelous, mind-blowing*, monumental, noble, out of this world, pompous, regal, royal, sovereign, stately, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, superb, fab, magnific, smashing |
| Antonyms: | humble, low, lowly, shabby |
* = 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: | monumental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressive, overwhelming |
| Synonyms: | awe-inspiring, awesome, classic, enduring, enormous, fantastic, gigantic, grand, great, historic, huge, immense, immortal, important, lasting, lofty, majestic, mammoth, massive, memorable, mighty, mortal, mountainous, outstanding, prodigious, significant, stupendous, towering, tremendous, unforgettable, vast |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, trivial, unimportant, unimposing, unimpressive |
| Main Entry: | swell |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful |
| Synonyms: | awesome, cool*, dandy*, deluxe, desirable, excellent, exclusive, fashionable, fine, fly*, grand, groovy*, keen, marvelous, neat, nifty, plush, posh, ritzy*, smart, stylish, super, terrific |
| Antonyms: | bad, horrible, shabby |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | terrible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, appalling, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, beastly, dangerous, desperate, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dread, dreadful, extreme, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hateful, hideous, inconvenient, loathsome, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, poor, repulsive, revolting, rotten, serious, severe, shocking, unfortunate, unpleasant, unwelcome, vile, dreaded, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, petrifying, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | good, great, nice, wonderful |
| 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: | unusual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, amazing, astonishing, atypical, awe-inspiring, awesome, bizarre, conspicuous, curious, distinguished, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary, far-out*, inconceivable, incredible, memorable, noteworthy, odd, out of the ordinary*, outstanding, phenomenal, prodigious, prominent, queer, rare, refreshing, remarkable, significant, singular, special, strange, surprising, uncommon, unconventional, unexpected, unfamiliar, unique, unparalleled, weird*, something else, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, normal, regular, standard, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | awe-inspiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | magnificent |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, awesome, breathtaking, grand, impressive, majestic, mind-blowing*, remarkable, stunning, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | blah, boring, ordinary, unexciting, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frightful/frightening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scary, shocking |
| Synonyms: | alarming, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, chilling, dire, direful, disquieting, dread, dreadful, fearful, formidable, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hairy, harrowing, hideous, horrible, inconceivable, intimidating, lurid, macabre, menacing, morbid, ominous, portentous, repellent, spooky, terrible, terrifying, unspeakable, daunting, dismaying, fearsome, grabber, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, petrifying, traumatic, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | calming, comforting, pleasing |
| 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: | terrific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense |
| Synonyms: | appalling, awesome, awful, deafening, disquieting, dreadful, enormous, excessive, extreme, fearful, fierce, formidable, frightful, gigantic, great, harsh, horrible, huge, immense, large, monstrous, severe, shocking, terrible, thunderous, tremendous, agitating, horrific, terrorizing, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate |
| Main Entry: | formidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, overwhelming |
| Synonyms: | arduous, awesome, colossal, great, hard, impressive, indomitable, intimidating, labored, laborious, mammoth, mighty, murder*, onerous, overpowering, powerful, rough*, staggering, strenuous, toilsome, tough*, tremendous, uphill*, all-powerful, ballbuster, challenging, dismaying, effortful, puissant, rough go, tall order, tough proposition |
| Antonyms: | easy, pleasant, trivial, not hard |
* = 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 |
| Notes: | incredible means 'unbelievable' and incredulous means 'unbelieving' |
| 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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