- (informal) excellent; wonderful
- I feel absolutely terrific today!
- She's doing a terrific job.
- You look terrific in that dress.
- He was really terrific when I was in trouble.
- That’s terrific news!
- (ironic) So nobody’s coming. Terrific!
Synonyms greatgreatcool ▪ fantastic ▪ fabulous ▪ terrific ▪ brilliant ▪ awesome ▪ epicThese are all informal words that describe somebody/something that is very good, impressive, great fun, etc.great (informal) very good; giving a lot of pleasure:- We had a great time in Madrid.
- I think their new song’s really cool.
- ‘How was your holiday?’ ‘Fantastic!’
- Jane’s a fabulous cook.
- She’s doing a terrific job.
- ‘How was the show?’ ‘Brilliant!’
- The show was just awesome.
- The adventure and action are truly epic in scope.
- to have a(n) great/cool/fantastic/fabulous/terrific/brilliant/awesome time
- to look/sound great/cool/fantastic/fabulous/terrific/brilliant/awesome
- really great/cool/fantastic/fabulous/terrific/brilliant/awesome
- absolutely great/fantastic/fabulous/terrific/brilliant/awesome/epic
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- We came back from holiday feeling terrific.
- He's terrific with animals.
- She's terrific at chess.
- (informal) very large; very great
- I've got a terrific amount of work to do.
- We drove along at a terrific speed.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally referring to something that causes terror): from Latin terrificus, from terrere ‘frighten’.
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