breathtaking - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | breathtaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, awesome |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, exciting, hair-raising, impressive, magnificent, moving, overwhelming, spine-tingling, stunning, thrilling, heart-stirring, heart-stopping |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, ugly |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | dramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, moving |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, comic, effective, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, vivid, climactic, electrifying, suspenseful, tragicomic |
| Antonyms: | normal, ordinary, unexciting, unmoving, usual, comedic, undramatic |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | appealing, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, dangerous, dramatic, eye-popping*, far-out*, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising*, heady*, hectic, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling*, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, wild, agitative, animating, arousing, arresting, commoving, electrifying, exhilarant, impelling, rip-roaring, titillating, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthusiastic, unexciting, unenthused, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exhilarating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating, cheering |
| Synonyms: | bracing, breathtaking, electric, exciting, eye-popping*, inspiring, intoxicating, invigorating, rousing, stirring, thrilling, tonic, uplifting, animating, animative, elevating, enlivening, exalting, exhilarant, exhilarative, exhilaratory, gladdening, inspiriting, quickening, stimulative, vitalizing |
| Antonyms: | boring, depressing, discouraging, worrying, agitating, upsetting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | hair-raising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing excitement |
| Synonyms: | breathtaking, chilling, exciting, frightening, shocking, spine-tingling, terrifying, bloodcurdling, cliff-hanging, electrifying, spine-chilling, suspenseful |
| Main Entry: | mind-boggling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overwhelming |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, breathtaking, mind-blowing, spectacular, staggering, startling, stunning, stupendous, surprising, wonderful, eye-opening |
| 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: | scenic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, picturesque |
| Synonyms: | breathtaking, dramatic, grand, impressive, panoramic, spectacular, striking |
| Antonyms: | despicable, dreary, gloomy, ugly |
| 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: | stimulating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
| Synonyms: | appealing, bracing, breathtaking, exhilarating, hair-raising*, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling*, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, adrenalizing, arousing, challenging, electrifying, energizing, gripping, titillating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | superb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent, first-rate |
| Synonyms: | admirable, august, best, breathtaking, choice, elegant, elevated, exalted, exquisite, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, great, lofty, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, matchless, noble, optimal, optimum, outstanding, peerless, prime, proud, resplendent, solid, splendid, state-of-the-art*, stunning, sublime, super, superior, superlative, unrivaled, splendiferous, splendorous, standout, very best |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, poor, second-rate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thrilling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
| Synonyms: | boss*, breathtaking, enchanting, exquisite, fabulous, frantic, hair-raising*, large, mad, magnificent, mind-blowing*, miraculous, overwhelming, riveting, rousing, sensational, stimulating, stirring, swinging, wild, wondrous, blood-tingling, electrifying, fab, gripping, mind-bending, rip-roaring, shivering, trembling, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | depressing, discouraging, upsetting |
* = 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: | 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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