tremendous

adj.巨大的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
tremendous (adjective)
1.
being such as may excite or arouse dread, awe, or terror - trembling
2.
a) notable by reason of extreme size, power, greatness, or excellence - tremendous problems a writer of tremendous talent often used as a generalized term of approval had a tremendous time
b) unusually large - huge a tremendous number of people monstrous
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
tremendous (adjective)
unusually large
SYNONYMS:
astronomical ( astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic ( cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic ( heroical), Himalayan, humongous ( humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size ( king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
RELATED WORDS:
big, bulky, considerable, extensive, good, goodly, great, gross, handsome, hefty, hulking, largish, major, outsize ( outsized), overgrown, oversize ( oversized), sizable ( sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous; august, formidable, grandiose, imposing, lofty, majestic; cavernous, monolithic, overwhelming, staggering, stupendous, towering; boundless, immeasurable, infinite
NEAR ANTONYMS:
little, mini, petite, pint-size ( pint-sized), puny, small, smallish, undersized ( undersize); dinky, dwarfish, half-pint
bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic ( microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
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