awesome
Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
Adjective 2 meanings
Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
“The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.”
Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
“That was awesome!”
Noun 1 meaning
A person who is awesome.
Etymology
From awe + -some; compare earlier awful and Middle English eiful (“inducing fright or terror, terrible”), from Old English eġeful (“fearful; inspiring awe”). The oldest meaning of awesome is of “something which inspires awe”, but the word is now also a common colloquial expression.
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AWESOME at a glance
AWESOME has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (A 1 + W 4 + E 1 + S 1 + O 1 + M 3 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,222 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with awesome
All rhymes- SOME6
- HOME9
- COME8
- BECOME12
- WELCOME14
- INCOME10
- OUTCOME11
- OVERCOME15
- SYNDROME14
- HANDSOME14
- CHROME13
- DOME7
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