awesome

Meaning

Adj

1. Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
2. (colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

Noun

1. (slang) Short for awesomeness: the quality, state, or essence of being awesome.
2. (informal) A person who is awesome.

Synonyms

awe-inspiring

wonderful

amazing

formidable

terrific

terrible

gorgeous

fantastic

awful

excellent

fearful

😨

great

fabulous

dreadful

august

astonishing

super

tremendous

cool

🆒

wondrous

outstanding

stupendous

brilliant

redoubtable

superb

neat

swell

luxurious

incredible

terrifying

radiant

frightening

awing

glorious

wicked

impressive

magnificent

startling

marvellous

marvelous

stunning

phenomenal

potent

powerful

prepossessing

prime

radical

really

remarkable

rotund

self-respecting

serious

slap-up

sleek

smashing

spectacular

splendid

splendiferous

stately

striking

sublime

suspenseful

troublous

unnerving

violent

marvy

apeshit

coolio

amazement

way cool

astounding

aura

awesomeness

beautiful

breathtaking

capital

cruel

dreaded

eerie

eminent

empyreal

empyrean

encore

enormous

epic

fab

fearsome

ferocious

fine

first

1st

first-class

forbidding

frightful

good job

good-looking

grand

gripping

groovy

horrifying

icebox

immense

imposing

intimidating

magisterial

majesty

mighty

numinous

operant

operative

peachy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔː.səm/

Etymology

From awe + -some; compare Old English eġeful (“fearful; inspiring awe”).