| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | startling, exaggerated |
Synonyms: |
X-rated, amazing, arresting, astounding, breathtaking, coarse, colored, conspicuous, dramatic, electrifying, emotional, excessive, exciting, extravagant, hair-raising, horrifying, juicy*, livid, lurid, marked, melodramatic, noticeable, outstanding, piquant, pointed, prominent, pungent, remarkable, revealing, rough, salient, scandalous, sensationalistic, shocking, signal, spectacular, staggering, stimulating, sultry, tabloid, thrilling, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual |
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent, superb |
Synonyms: |
agitating, astonishing, breathtaking, cool*, dandy*, divine, dramatic, eloquent, exceptional, exciting, fabulous, first-class*, glorious, impressive, incredible, keen, marvelous, mind-blowing, most*, moving, out of this world, smashing, spectacular, stirring, surprising, thrilling, zero cool |
Antonyms: |
bad, inferior, poor |
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent |
Synonyms: |
boss*, dandy, divine, glorious, hunky-dory, keen, marvelous, neat, nifty, sensational, swell |
Antonyms: |
poor, square, uncool, unpopular |
| Main Entry: | dazzling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiant |
Synonyms: |
beaming, bright, brilliant, flashy, glaring, glittering, ravishing, resplendent, sensational, shining, sparkling, splendid, stunning |
| Main Entry: | dramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, moving |
Synonyms: |
affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, tragicomic, vivid |
Antonyms: |
comedic, normal, ordinary, undramatic, unexciting, unmoving, usual |
| Main Entry: | exaggerated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overstated, embellished |
Synonyms: |
a bit thick, abstract, amplified, artificial, bouncing, caricatural, distorted, embroidered, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabricated, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, hammy, highly colored, histrionic, hyperbolic, impossible, inflated, magnified, melodramatic, out of proportion, overblown, overdone, overestimated, overkill, overwrought, preposterous, pretentious, schmaltzy, sensational, spectacular, steep, strained, stylized, tall, too much*, too-too, unrealistic |
Antonyms: |
depreciated, minimized, played down, reduced, understated, unembellished, unexaggerated |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
Synonyms: |
agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
Antonyms: |
boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | fantastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, excellent |
Synonyms: |
A-1, awesome, best, best ever, cat's meow, delicious, far out, first-class, first-rate, great, like wow, marvelous, out of sight, out of this world, primo, sensational, superb, unreal* |
Antonyms: |
bad, poor, unpleasant |
| Main Entry: | far-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional and offbeat |
Synonyms: |
Bohemian, avant-garde, boss*, contemporary, cool, cool*, deep, deep*, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, groovy, groovy*, hip*, hippie, mod, modern, modernistic, neat, nifty, offbeat, out in left field, out of this world, rad, rad, radical, sensational, strange, super, swell, trendy, ultamodern, unconventional, unorthodox, very unconventional, way-out, weird, wild, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | gnarly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cool, excellent |
Synonyms: |
boss*, finest, great, hairy*, keen, magnificent, marvelous, neat, nifty, sensational, superb, swell, wonderful |