Terrific
What it means
Extremely good, enjoyable, or impressive.
Reach for it when offering enthusiastic everyday praise for a result, experience, or person
The apprentices did a terrific job restoring the damaged mosaic.
Words to choose between 9
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playful
Fits when high enthusiasm suits an informal exchange
Careful Fantastic can feel exaggerated in an evaluation or condolence.
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everyday
Fits when intelligence or striking success is being celebrated
Careful Brilliant overstates work that is simply very enjoyable or well executed.
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everyday
Fits when broad, relaxed approval is enough
Careful Great is less vivid and can become empty if the achievement needs precise recognition.
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warm
Fits when pleasure and appreciation matter more than measured quality
Careful Wonderful can be emotionally generous without identifying strong performance.
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professional
Fits when high quality deserves confident neutral praise
Careful Excellent is less exuberant and may sound like a formal rating.
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professional
Fits when the result earns admiration through difficulty or scale
Careful Impressive may be cool or awed rather than genuinely enjoyable.
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formal
Fits when ranking quality near the top can be supported
Careful First-rate sounds evaluative and less affectionate than terrific.
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formal
Fits when exceptional craft or execution warrants polished praise
Careful Superb is too elevated for a small friendly success.
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literary
Fits when bright, old-fashioned approval fits the voice
Careful Splendid can sound theatrical or dated.
Opposites 3
- terrible
- poor
- mediocre
Common phrases 3
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terrific job
The crew did a terrific job preserving the nesting area during repairs.
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terrific idea
A terrific idea becomes useful only after someone tests its assumptions.
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feel terrific
After a full week of rest, she began to feel terrific again.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: I learned some phrases, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated