terrific

terrific
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. terrible (see fear); informal, sensational, wonderful, fabulous, stupendous, out of this world. See greatness.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Causing Great fear]
Syn. terrifying, dreadful, appalling; see frightful 1 , terrible 1 .
2. [Unusually Great or intense]
Syn. shocking, thunderous, deafening, world-shaking, immense, tremendous; see also great 1 , large 1 .
Ant. common*, ordinary, conventional.
3. [*A general term of approval]
Syn. superb, splendid, wonderful, marvellous; see excellent .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. great fabulous, fantastic, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superb, marvelous, good, sensational, *out of this world, superior, outstanding.
2. terrifying scary, frightful, fearful, dreadful, appalling, terrible, harrowing, horrifying, distressing.
ANT.: 1. bad, awful, lousy, terrible. 2. reassuring, comforting, encouraging
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Causing great horror: bloodcurdling, hair-raising, horrible, horrid, horrific. See FEAR. 2. Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine1, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, tiptop, top. Informal: A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang: boss. Chiefly British: tophole. See GOOD. 3. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, wonderful. Informal: dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous. Slang: cool, groovy, hot, keen1, neat, nifty. Idiom: out of this world. See GOOD.

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