Thesaurus:awesome
English
Adjective
Sense: an extreme state or quality invoking respect and authority, or awe
Synonyms
- amazing
- astounding
- awe-inspiring
- awesome
- awful (now rare)
- sensational
- awesomesauce (slang)
- based
- bewildering
- cool
- dope (slang)
- enchanting
- excellent [⇒ thesaurus]
- extraordinary
- far out (dated, slang)
- fire
- goshwow (dated, slang)
- hellagood (US slang)
- impressive
- incredible
- inspiring
- gnarly (dated, slang)
- goated (Internet slang)
- grand
- grandiose
- great
- groovy (dated, slang)
- magnificent
- major
- majestic
- marvellous
- mystifying
- mythic
- neat
- lit (slang)
- outstanding
- phenomenal
- powerful
- rad (slang)
- righteous (US, slang)
- selcouth
- stupendous
- stupefying
- sublime
- surpassing
- terrific
- tight [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- unbelievable
- unreal
- wicked (dated, slang)
- wonderful [⇒ thesaurus]
- wondrous
Antonyms
Various
Further reading
- “31. greatness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “awesome” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.