Tremendous
adj.joyful, energeticeveryday
What it means
Exceptionally great in degree, quality, impact, or scale.
Reach for it when giving strong praise when the magnitude is genuinely notable
The volunteers made a tremendous difference to families waiting for repairs.
Choose between these
8- playful
when exuberant, theatrical praise is welcome
not when Stupendous is too showy for sober reporting.
- everyday
enormous
when physical scale or amount is central
not when Enormous says nothing about quality and can describe a serious problem.
- warm
when enthusiastic informal quality praise fits
not when Terrific focuses approval rather than size or impact.
- professional
when quality or rarity exceeds the norm
not when Exceptional is more measured and less about sheer magnitude.
- professional
when something merits notice and explanation
not when Remarkable is cooler and does not convey the same force.
- formal
when the result lies well outside ordinary experience
not when Extraordinary can sound inflated without a clear comparison.
- literary
when vast degree deserves elevated emphasis
not when Immense suits scale better than skill or effectiveness.
- literary
when scale and lasting significance are both present
not when Monumental overstates a large but temporary success.
Said against
3- slight
- ordinary
- negligible
It naturally appears in
3- tremendous impact
The bus route had a tremendous impact on appointment attendance.
- tremendous effort
A tremendous effort is not automatically an efficient or sustainable one.
- tremendous success
The pilot was a tremendous success on access as well as enrollment.
The word family
1Where this comes from
- Wiktionary, English adjective sense: extraordinarily great in amount, scale, or excellence opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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