Alternatives for Awesome

Alternatives is a recurring post in which I give synonyms for an over used word. Click on the tab above for a "complete" list of over used words. 

Depending on how you use it, this list may come in handy for finding another way to say the same thing.

Today's word is: Awesome!



If you think amaze/amazing had a lot of alternative possibilities, get a load of AWESOME. It's... ELECTRIFYING!




A-1, agog, alarming, alluring, amazing, animating, A-OK,  astonishing, astound/astounding, attracting/attractive, awe-inspiring

bang-up, banner, beautiful, beguiling, bewitching, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny/bonnie, boss, brag, brave, breathtaking, bully, bumper

capital, captivating, charming, choice, classic, confound, conspicuous, cool, cool beans, corking, crackerjack, cracking,

dandy, daze, dazzle, Dear me!, divine, dreadful, dumbfound, dynamite

electrify/electrifying, enchanting, energizing, enlightening, enlivening, entertaining, enthralling, exalted, excellent, exceptional, exciting, extraordinary, eye-opening

fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous, fantastic, far out, fascinating, fearful, fearsome, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, formidable, four-star, frantic, frightening, frontline

galvanizing, gangbusters, gape, gilt-edged, gone, grand, great, groovy

hairy, Heavens!, Heavens to Betsy!, heavenly, high-class, hold one’s breath, horrible/horrifying hot, hype

immense, impressive, imposing, impressive, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, Indeed!, interesting, intimidating, invigorating

jim-dandy

keen

Lo and behold!, Lo!, look blank, lovely

majestic, magnificent, marvelous, mean, mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, miraculous, monstrous, moving

neat, neato, nervous, niffy, noble, not believe one’s eye/ears/senses, notable, noticeable, number one, numero uno

out-of-sight, outstanding, overwhelming

par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat, phenomenal, portentous, prime, primo, prize, prizewinning, prodigious 

radical, rare, real gone, Really!, redouble, remarkable, righteous

sensational, shocking, singular, slick, smashing, something else, spectacular, splendid, staggering, stand aghast, stand in awe of, stellar, sterling, stimulating, strike dumb, strike with wonder/awe, striking, stun/stunning, stupefaction, stupefy/stupefying/stupendous, stupor, sublime, super, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, Surely!, surprise/surprising, swell

take one’s breath away, terrible, terrific, terrifying, the bees knees, tip-top, top-flight,

top-hat, top-notch, top-of-the-line, topping, top-shelf, tremendous, turn up one’s eyes

unbelievable, uncommon, unimaginable, unique, unsurpassed, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted

wizard, wonderful, wonder-working, wondrous

zero cool, Zounds!