Synonyms for amazing
- adjective
Most common
awesome wonderful astonishing astounding first-rate crazy magic
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Awesome
awesome, wonderful, astounding, astonishing, marvelous US, marvellous UK, extraordinary, awe-inspiring, surprising, outstanding, stupendous, wondrous, awful, miraculous, strange, striking, prodigious, portentous, goated slang
Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
Example sentences
- awesome I developed an aversion toward the word "awesome".
- wonderful The music we listened to last night was wonderful.
- astonishing It's astonishing how fluently Bill spoke Japanese.
- astounding The diversity of flowers in this area is astounding.
- crazy He must be crazy to go out in this stormy weather.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| amazing | rising | |
| awesome | rising | |
| wonderful | rising | |
| astonishing | steady | |
| astounding | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1
- 5 letters
- crazy2, magic2, awful2
- 6 letters
- goated
- 7 letters
- awesome2, strange1, goshwow
- 8 letters
- striking2, wondrous2, selcouth
- 9 letters
- wonderful3, marvelous3
- 10 letters
- surprising3, astounding3, marvellous3, miraculous4, prodigious3, stupendous3, portentous3
- 11 letters
- outstanding3, astonishing4
- 13 letters
- extraordinary6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crazy2 = 2 syllables).