awesome
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2.1
- adjective
- /ˈɔːsəm/
- The breathtaking views from the mountain top were simply awesome.
- really awesome
- just awesome
- awesome power
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Watch on YouTubeThe world has to choose what kind of awesome we're going to be.
- The world has to choose what kind of awesome we're going to be.
- Thank you so much for the awesome intro and reaction.
- When your aunt tells you this movie's awesome, you go.
- Let's all have an awesome week and Nah, bye guys.
- They're not trying to get you to not be an awesome creator.
- Not sure if it's awesome or terrifying, maybe both.
- Like they do cool, crazy, weird, awesome stuff like that.
Examples
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The nighttime sky is awesome and beautiful, with stars too numerous to count.
Academic text (1993) -
In front of them, looking larger every moment, is the awesome splendor of the Grand Canyon.
Fiction book (1991) -
The world has to choose what kind of awesome we're going to be.
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I want people to feel like awesome is possible.
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All right, OK, well, that was awesome across the board.
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I have no time for sleep, and awesome things can happen.
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Genetic power is the most awesome force ever seen on this planet.
Fiction book (1993) -
The support is wonderful, awesome, and it keeps me motivated to go on in school and complete school.
Academic text (2008) -
To use a term from the current vernacular, teachers have an awesome responsibility.
Academic text (1991) -
The power of it is phenomenal, the responsibility awesome in the truest sense of the word.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
Very good and likely to make you feel happy or amazed
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1.0
Causing great surprise and admiration
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3.5
Very surprising or hard to believe
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1.0
Very good and better than most similar things
891
1.9
Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased
671
3.0
Very large or impressive
650
3.3
Very strong and often causing great damage
634
3.4
Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good
591
2.8
Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising
289
3.5
Very impressive and exciting to look at
288
3.9
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
271
3.6
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
241
3.4
Much better than most others in skill or quality
215
1.8
Very good and surprising in a way that pleases people
211
3.2
Very impressive and grand in appearance or style
159
4.1
Being much better than normal or usual
136
5.4
Very impressive and much better than normal
135
3.4
Very surprising and making you feel great wonder
116
3.5
Very impressive and beautiful
97
5.3
Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you
92
4.1
So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed
70
3.5
A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you
54
5.8
Very impressive and causing strong surprise
20
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
18
5.6
Causes people to feel great respect and wonder because it is very impressive
7
9.9
Impressive and makes you feel respect or wonder
3
2.8
Very impressive and exciting
3
4.2
So surprising that it seems hard to believe
1
4.1
Very impressive and making people feel amazed
1
5.5
Very impressive and much better than you expect
Very impressive and surprising in a strong informal way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Awesome comes from the old word awe, meaning a strong feeling of fear or wonder, plus the ending -some meaning 'full of'. So something awesome is 'full of' awe, very big or impressive and able to fill you with wonder.