Meaning & use
awesome
Extremely impressive, admirable, or inspiring; in casual use, simply excellent.
See it in a sentence
The view from the mountaintop was truly awesome after the long climb.
She said the concert last night was awesome and wants to go again.
A note on using this word
In formal or older usage, awesome suggests fear or reverence, but everyday speech uses it simply to mean 'great.'
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
unimpressive
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