awesome
- adjective
- /ˈɔːsəm/
- The breathtaking views from the mountain top were simply awesome.
- really awesome
- just awesome
- awesome power
The 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
Very good and likely to make you feel happy or amazed
Causing great surprise and admiration
Very surprising or hard to believe
Very good and better than most similar things
Very strong and often causing great damage
Very large or impressive
Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased
Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising
Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
Very impressive and exciting to look at
Much better than most others in skill or quality
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
Very good and surprising in a way that pleases people
Being much better than normal or usual
Very impressive and much better than normal
Very impressive and beautiful
So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed
A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you
Very impressive and causing strong surprise
Very impressive and grand in appearance or style
Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
Causes people to feel great respect and wonder because it is very impressive
Impressive and makes you feel respect or wonder
So surprising that it seems hard to believe
Very surprising and making you feel great wonder
Very impressive and exciting
Very impressive and making people feel amazed
Very impressive and much better than you expect
Very impressive and surprising in a strong informal way
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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.