tremendous
Extremely large or extremely good.
tremendous in a sentence
- A tremendous cheer shook the stadium when the home team scored.
- The whale made a tremendous splash, soaking everybody standing on the boat's deck.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to tremendous?
- Asmall
- Bslight
- Chuge
- Dtiny
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C: huge. The other three mean the opposite of tremendous.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to tremendous?
- Ahuge
- Benormous
- Ctiny
- Dgreat
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C: tiny. The other three mean nearly the same as tremendous.
Words that mean something similar
huge, enormous, great
Words that mean the opposite
tiny, small, slight
More words about size & amount
- trifle: Something of little value or importance.
- trivial: So small and unimportant that it hardly matters.
- unique: Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
- unsurpassed: Better than all others; never beaten.
- unwieldy: Awkward to carry or use because it is big and clumsy.
- utmost: The greatest or highest amount possible.
- utter: Complete and total.
- vast: Extremely large; stretching a very long way.
More words to explore
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