# World of the word: awesome

## Members who favor this Word

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**awwesomeness**  
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## Notes

I love the words awesome a lot. I call a lot of things "awesome", and I say "awesome" for a lot of reasons. And I think awesome is just awesome. :) Check it out: [it's awesome!](/content/cool/tag/awesome/index.html)

## Pronunciations

# awesome

## Definitions

### from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

- adj. Inspiring awe: an awesome thunderstorm.
- adj. Expressing awe: stood in awesome silence before the ancient ruins.
- adj. Slang Remarkable; outstanding: "a totally awesome arcade game" ( Los Angeles Times).

### from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

- adj. Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
- adj. Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

### from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

- adj. Causing awe; appalling; awful.
- adj. Expressive of awe or terror.

### from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

- Inspiring awe; awful: as, an awesome sight.
- Evidencing or expressive of terror.
- Also spelled awsome.

### from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

- adj. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

## Etymologies

_Early Modern English_ 1590-1600, from _awe_ + _-some_. Compare Old English eġeful ("fearful, inspiring awe"). (Wiktionary)

## Same context

| amaze     | fabulous  | incredible | marvelous  | spectacular |
|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|-------------|
| terrify   | unique    | weird      |            |             |

## Rhymes

| blossom | opossum | possum |
|---------|---------|--------|

## Tags

| me | unabashed meh | -some | vcvcvcv | honkenbonkers |
|----|----------------|------|--------|---------------|

## Synonyms

| awesome     | dread(a)      | fearsome    | frightening | terrible    |
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| frightful   | amazing        | horrific     | dreaded     | awed       |
| fearful     | nasty          | abominable  | unspeakable | horrendous  |
| awful       | awe-inspiring  | atrocious   | tremendous   | astonishing  |
| awing       | dreadful       | direful     | dire        | painful      |
| impressive   |                |             |             |             |

## Antonyms

| unimpressive |
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