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- Dictionaryawesome/ˈɔːs(ə)m/
adjective
- 1. extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe: "the awesome power of the atomic bomb"
adverb
- 1. extremely well; excellently: informal North American "my yearly review went awesome"
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Learn the definition of awesome as an adjective that can mean causing feelings of great admiration, respect, or fear, or extremely good. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word awesome, which can mean inspiring awe, terrific, or extraordinary. See examples of awesome in sentences and compare it with awful.
Awesome means causing feelings of great admiration, respect, or fear, or extremely good. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and see synonyms, antonyms, and translations.
Awesome means causing or inducing awe, or very impressive or excellent. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see its origin and history, and find related words and expressions.
Definition of awesome adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
An awesome something or someone is amazing, breathtaking, or overwhelming. Like traveling the globe in a hot air balloon or visiting the Taj Mahal. Or, if you're 7, hearing someone burp the alphabet. Awesome popped on the scene around 1600, probably in a church.
Awesome means inspiring awe, showing awe, or slang for excellent or outstanding. Find the origin, usage, and translations of awesome in different languages and dictionaries.
