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tremendously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: T R AH0 M EH1 N D AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: T R IH0 M EH1 N D AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Greatly; enormously

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I enjoyed the performance tremendously.
  • The noise was tremendously loud.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

extremely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was enormously popular

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: enormously, hugely, staggeringly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English tremendous Middle English -ly English -ly English tremendously From tremendous + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: ege — greatly, enormously
  • Plautdietsch: onjehea — greatly, enormously
  • Spanish: tremendamente — greatly, enormously