What is another word for awe-inspiring?
1191 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɔːɪnspˈa͡ɪ͡əɹɪŋ], [ ˈɔːɪnspˈaɪəɹɪŋ], [ ˈɔː_ɪ_n_s_p_ˈaɪə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]
The term "awe-inspiring" describes something that produces a profound or overwhelming feeling of admiration or respect. There are a variety of synonyms for this expression, each with their own unique connotations. For example, terms like "magnificent," "grandiose," and "majestic" are often used to describe natural wonders like waterfalls, mountains, or the stars in the sky. Words like "stunning," "breathtaking," and "spellbinding" emphasize the emotional impact of a particular experience or sight, while "impressive," "remarkable," and "extraordinary" highlight the exceptional qualities of a person or thing. Ultimately, the synonym chosen will depend on the specific context and desired effect of the description.
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Similar words for awe-inspiring:
- amazing (adjective)
- breathtaking (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- awesome (adjective)
- dread (adjective)
- grand (adjective)
- horrendous (adjective)
- impressive (adjective)
- incredible (adjective)
- marvelous (adjective)
- monumental (adjective)
- solemn (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- unordinary (adjective)
- unusual (adjective)
- unwonted (adjective)
- weird (adjective)
- wonderful (adjective)
Synonyms for Awe-inspiring:
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adj.
• amazing • breathtaking • all • awesome- awe inspiring ,
- aweinspiring ,
- mind blowing ,
- mindblowing ,
- more daunting ,
- more horrifying ,
- more nervous ,
- more stupefying ,
- most daunting ,
- most horrifying ,
- most stupefying ,
- over whelming ,
- over-whelming .
- fabber ,
- fabbest ,
- first rate ,
- firstrate ,
- grandest ,
- more dynamite ,
- more luxurious ,
- more smashing ,
- most dynamite ,
- most smashing ,
- out standing ,
- sub lime ,
- sub-lime ,
- un-real ,
- very good .
- ex cited ,
- ex-cited ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- impressive ,
- in spiring ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in-spiring ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more well done ,
- more well-done ,
- more welldone ,
- most well done ,
- most well-done ,
- most welldone ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- well done ,
- well-done ,
- welldone .
- be wildering ,
- be-wildering ,
- difficult believe ,
- in comprehensible ,
- in conceivable ,
- in-conceivable ,
- more bewildering ,
- more confounding ,
- most bewildering ,
- most confounding ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising ,
- un believable ,
- un imaginable ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un-believable ,
- un-imaginable ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likeliest ,
- un-likely .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- in convenient ,
- in-convenient ,
- inconvenient ,
- more dreaded ,
- more petrifying ,
- more unnerving ,
- most dreaded ,
- most petrifying ,
- most unnerving ,
- un fortunate ,
- un nerving ,
- un pleasant ,
- un welcome ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-nerving ,
- un-pleasant ,
- un-welcome ,
- unwelcome .
- farout ,
- out of ordinary ,
- out ordinary ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un conventional ,
- un expected ,
- un familiar ,
- un paralleled ,
- un usual ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-conventional ,
- un-expected ,
- un-familiar ,
- un-paralleled ,
- un-usual .
Other synonyms:
- Storming ,
- admirable ,
- beautiful ,
- commendable ,
- creditable ,
- distinguished ,
- eminent ,
- enviable ,
- esteemed ,
- estimable ,
- godlike ,
- hallowed ,
- honored ,
- inspired ,
- inviolable ,
- laudable ,
- magnificent ,
- meritorious ,
- noteworthy ,
- outstanding ,
- outstandingly ,
- praiseworthy ,
- prestige ,
- prestigious ,
- prodigious ,
- respected ,
- showstopping ,
- solemn ,
- superhuman ,
- well-regarded ,
- well-thought-of ,
- worthy .
- spectacular .
- O.K. .
Other relevant words:
- 1000 ,
- 1st class ,
- 1st-class mail ,
- a-one ,
- abiding ,
- absolute ,
- absorbing ,
- accepted ,
- accredit ,
- ace ,
- acknowledgment ,
- admirably ,
- adoring ,
- affectional ,
- affective ,
- afflictive ,
- alcoholic ,
- alky ,
- all right ,
- almighty ,
- alright ,
- amercement ,
- ample ,
- angelic ,
- angelical ,
- antic ,
- aplomb ,
- applaudable ,
- apprehension ,
- apprehensiveness ,
- apprisal ,
- arduous ,
- arousal ,
- aroused ,
- arresting ,
- artificial ,
- assuredness ,
- aug ,
- authoritative ,
- awestricken ,
- awestruck ,
- awfully ,
- backbreaking ,
- baleful ,
- ball ,
- bang-up ,
- banging ,
- barbarian ,
- barbarous ,
- barf ,
- baronial ,
- batch ,
- be sick ,
- beatific ,
- beatified ,
- beau ,
- big ,
- bird's-eye ,
- black ,
- blame ,
- blamed ,
- blasted ,
- blatant ,
- blazing ,
- blinding ,
- blue ,
- boozer ,
- bouncing ,
- bouncy ,
- brainsick ,
- brainy ,
- brawny ,
- breathless ,
- bright ,
- brutal ,
- bully ,
- bumpy ,
- businesslike ,
- calamitous ,
- capital ,
- cast ,
- cat ,
- celebrated ,
- celestial sphere ,
- charming ,
- charnel ,
- chic ,
- chichi ,
- chicness ,
- chiliad ,
- chill ,
- chuck ,
- churchman ,
- citation ,
- cite ,
- classical ,
- classy ,
- clayey ,
- clean ,
- clergyman ,
- cleric ,
- cloggy ,
- clotheshorse ,
- cogent ,
- complicate ,
- computable ,
- consecrate ,
- consuming ,
- contact ,
- conventional ,
- cool down ,
- cool off ,
- coolheaded ,
- copious ,
- corking ,
- corpulent ,
- course credit ,
- courtly ,
- cowardly ,
- crack ,
- cracking ,
- crazy ,
- creator ,
- credit entry ,
- credit rating ,
- crestless wave ,
- crucial ,
- cruddy ,
- cruel ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- cut down ,
- damn ,
- damned ,
- dandy ,
- dangerous ,
- dapper ,
- dark ,
- darned ,
- deal ,
- dear ,
- deep ,
- deferred payment ,
- delicately ,
- demeaning ,
- demented ,
- dense ,
- depressed ,
- desirable ,
- desperate ,
- detailed ,
- detestable ,
- deuced ,
- devout ,
- dilate ,
- dingy ,
- dinner dress ,
- dinner gown ,
- dipsomaniac ,
- disastrous ,
- disconsolate ,
- diseased ,
- disgorge ,
- disgraceful ,
- disgusted ,
- dismal ,
- dismaying ,
- dispirited ,
- disturbed ,
- dominating ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- drab ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- drop ,
- dude ,
- dumbfounding ,
- dumfounding ,
- durable ,
- eccentric ,
- ecclesiastic ,
- eery ,
- elaborated ,
- elating ,
- eldritch ,
- electrifying ,
- elevated ,
- elysian ,
- empyreal ,
- enceinte ,
- engrave ,
- engrossing ,
- enlarge ,
- enlivened ,
- enormous ,
- envision ,
- epic ,
- epicurean ,
- epochal ,
- especial ,
- ethical ,
- evening gown ,
- exceeding ,
- excessive ,
- excited ,
- execrable ,
- exorbitant ,
- expand ,
- expansive ,
- expatiate ,
- expectant ,
- exposit ,
- expound ,
- exquisitely ,
- extortionate ,
- exuberant ,
- eye-popping ,
- facile ,
- fairly ,
- famous ,
- fantabulous ,
- fantastical ,
- fantasy ,
- far-famed ,
- fascinating ,
- fashion plate ,
- fat ,
- fear ,
- fed up ,
- felled seam ,
- fertile ,
- figure ,
- filthy ,
- finely ,
- firmament ,
- first-class ,
- first-class mail ,
- flagitious ,
- flakey ,
- flaky ,
- flamboyant ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- flaunt ,
- flesh out ,
- fleshy ,
- flock ,
- flowery ,
- fly ,
- fondness ,
- foolhardy ,
- fop ,
- forbidding ,
- foreboding ,
- foul ,
- freakish ,
- freaky ,
- frightfully ,
- fulgent ,
- fulgurant ,
- fulgurous ,
- full-bodied ,
- full-strength ,
- gallant ,
- game ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- gaudy ,
- gilded ,
- glaring ,
- glary ,
- gloomy ,
- glossy ,
- go for ,
- god almighty ,
- goddam ,
- goddamn ,
- goddamned ,
- godhead ,
- godly ,
- good ,
- good deal ,
- graceful ,
- grand piano ,
- grandiloquent ,
- grave accent ,
- gravid ,
- great deal ,
- grievous ,
- gritty ,
- groovy ,
- grotesque ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- guiding light ,
- hard ,
- hatful ,
- heap ,
- heartening ,
- heartfelt ,
- heavens ,
- heavily ,
- hefty ,
- herculean ,
- heroic meter ,
- heroic verse ,
- heroical ,
- hide ,
- hifalutin ,
- high ,
- high-flown ,
- high-minded ,
- higher-ranking ,
- higher-up ,
- highfalutin ,
- highfaluting ,
- historical ,
- histrionic ,
- hitting ,
- hoity-toity ,
- holy place ,
- honest ,
- honk ,
- howling ,
- huge ,
- humiliating ,
- hunky-dory ,
- idealistic ,
- ill ,
- illusion ,
- illustrious ,
- image ,
- immense ,
- impenetrable ,
- imperial ,
- imperishable ,
- impinging ,
- impregnable ,
- improbable ,
- indefinable ,
- indescribable ,
- ineffable ,
- inexorable ,
- infernal ,
- infrangible ,
- inscribe ,
- inscrutable ,
- inspiration ,
- insubstantial ,
- intemperate ,
- intoxicant ,
- intumesce ,
- inventive ,
- inviolate ,
- irritating ,
- jaunty ,
- jazzy ,
- jehovah ,
- jolly ,
- jolty ,
- judicious ,
- juicy ,
- jumpy ,
- keen ,
- ken ,
- kinky ,
- knock-down ,
- la-di-da ,
- labored ,
- laborious ,
- laboured ,
- lake superior ,
- large ,
- larger-than-life ,
- last word ,
- laudably ,
- leaden ,
- leading light ,
- life-threatening ,
- lofty ,
- long-lasting ,
- long-lived ,
- long-suffering ,
- lord ,
- lordly ,
- lot ,
- low ,
- low-spirited ,
- lowering ,
- lucubrate ,
- lucullan ,
- lumbering ,
- luminary ,
- lurid ,
- luscious ,
- luxe ,
- luxuriant ,
- mad ,
- magic ,
- magisterial ,
- majuscule ,
- maker ,
- man of the cloth ,
- marvellously ,
- marvelously ,
- mass ,
- massive ,
- master ,
- meaning ,
- mention ,
- meritable ,
- mess ,
- mettlesome ,
- mickle ,
- middling ,
- mightily ,
- mighty ,
- minacious ,
- minatory ,
- mind-bending ,
- mint ,
- moderately ,
- modishness ,
- monolithic ,
- monstrous ,
- mordant ,
- mortifying ,
- mountain ,
- muckle ,
- mulct ,
- munificent ,
- muscular ,
- mystic ,
- mystical ,
- mystifying ,
- mythic ,
- mythical ,
- mythologic ,
- mythological ,
- natty ,
- nauseated ,
- nauseous ,
- nerveless ,
- nifty ,
- noble-minded ,
- nobleman ,
- not bad ,
- notability ,
- noted ,
- notification ,
- obese ,
- occult ,
- odious ,
- of import ,
- off-the-wall ,
- offbeat ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- old ,
- olympian ,
- ominous ,
- one thousand ,
- orderly ,
- orphic ,
- ostentate ,
- outlandish ,
- outre ,
- over-the-top ,
- overblown ,
- overgenerous ,
- overlooking ,
- overrefined ,
- overweening ,
- overweight ,
- owing ,
- pale ,
- pallid ,
- partiality ,
- particular ,
- passably ,
- passel ,
- pathologic ,
- pathological ,
- peachy ,
- peck ,
- peppy ,
- perm ,
- permanent wave ,
- persistent ,
- phantasy ,
- picture ,
- pile ,
- plenteous ,
- plentiful ,
- plenty ,
- plushy ,
- poignant ,
- poise ,
- pompous ,
- ponderous ,
- pontifical ,
- pot ,
- potent ,
- praiseworthily ,
- pregnant ,
- prestigiousness ,
- preternatural ,
- prodigal ,
- productive ,
- profligate ,
- profound ,
- profuse ,
- project ,
- pronounced ,
- providential ,
- puff up ,
- puke ,
- punishing ,
- purge ,
- purple ,
- queasy ,
- quirky ,
- quite a little ,
- quotation ,
- racy ,
- raffish ,
- raft ,
- rakish ,
- ranking ,
- rarefied ,
- rarified ,
- rarify ,
- rash ,
- rattling ,
- reasonably ,
- reckless ,
- recognised ,
- recognition ,
- recounting ,
- red-hot ,
- redolent ,
- reference ,
- refine ,
- refined ,
- regorge ,
- regurgitate ,
- relation ,
- relentless ,
- remindful ,
- reminiscent ,
- repulsive ,
- resonant ,
- respectable ,
- retch ,
- revealing ,
- reverent ,
- rich people ,
- right ,
- riotous ,
- ripping ,
- rite ,
- riveting ,
- robust ,
- rocky ,
- rotund ,
- rough ,
- roughshod ,
- royal stag ,
- sacrosanct ,
- saintlike ,
- saintly ,
- salient ,
- sanctum ,
- sang-froid ,
- savage ,
- scandalous ,
- schematic ,
- scratch ,
- sculpt ,
- sculpture ,
- secret ,
- secure ,
- sedate ,
- see ,
- self-respectful ,
- self-respecting ,
- sensational ,
- sepulchral ,
- severe ,
- shameful ,
- shattering ,
- sheik ,
- show off ,
- shower ,
- sick of ,
- sickish ,
- sincere ,
- sinewy ,
- sinful ,
- singing ,
- singular ,
- sinister ,
- slap-up ,
- slew ,
- slick ,
- smart as a whip ,
- smartness ,
- smutty ,
- snappy ,
- soaker ,
- soaring ,
- sober up ,
- somber ,
- sombre ,
- somewhat ,
- sonorous ,
- sorcerous ,
- sore ,
- sorry ,
- soul-stirring ,
- sound ,
- souse ,
- sovereign ,
- spate ,
- special ,
- spendthrift ,
- spew ,
- sphere ,
- spiffy ,
- splashy ,
- sporty ,
- spruce ,
- spue ,
- spunky ,
- spy ,
- stack ,
- statuesque ,
- steep ,
- stern ,
- stimulant ,
- straight ,
- strange ,
- strike down ,
- strong ,
- stylishness ,
- sublimate ,
- substantial ,
- succulent ,
- suitable ,
- sullen ,
- super ,
- superbly ,
- superordinate ,
- superscript ,
- surpassing ,
- survey ,
- swell up ,
- swish ,
- sybaritic ,
- take to ,
- tall ,
- tattle ,
- telltale ,
- terribly ,
- terrifically ,
- terrorisation ,
- terrorization ,
- thou ,
- thousand ,
- threatening ,
- throw up ,
- thumping ,
- ticket ,
- tidy sum ,
- tight ,
- timorous ,
- tiptop ,
- tired of ,
- toilsome ,
- tomb ,
- too-generous ,
- toothsome ,
- top-flight ,
- top-notch ,
- topnotch ,
- toppingly ,
- tops ,
- touching ,
- towering ,
- tragical ,
- trepid ,
- tumefy ,
- tumesce ,
- ugly ,
- unappeasable ,
- unassailable ,
- unattackable ,
- unbalanced ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- uncommon ,
- unconscionable ,
- unconvincing ,
- undischarged ,
- unearthly ,
- unforgiving ,
- unhinged ,
- unlikely ,
- unnameable ,
- unnerving ,
- unplayful ,
- unrelenting ,
- unsparing ,
- unstinted ,
- unstinting ,
- unsubstantial ,
- untellable ,
- unutterable ,
- unwished ,
- unwished-for ,
- upchuck ,
- usurious ,
- vanish ,
- vault of heaven ,
- very well ,
- vicious ,
- victor ,
- view ,
- vision ,
- visual modality ,
- visual sense ,
- visualise ,
- visualize ,
- vivid ,
- voluptuary ,
- voluptuous ,
- vomit ,
- vomit up ,
- wad ,
- wakeless ,
- walloping ,
- wan ,
- way-out ,
- weighed down ,
- welkin ,
- well ,
- well up ,
- whopping ,
- wicked ,
- wild ,
- wise ,
- witching ,
- with child ,
- wizard ,
- wizardly ,
- wonderfully ,
- wondrously ,
- work out ,
- worked up ,
- wyrd ,
- yard ,
- zippy .
- Arousing ,
- Magnific ,
- Splendorous ,
- abominable ,
- affecting ,
- alarming ,
- appalling ,
- astonishing ,
- astounding ,
- august ,
- awed ,
- barbaric ,
- bewildering ,
- bizarre ,
- blessed ,
- blest ,
- breathtaking ,
- brill ,
- brilliant ,
- ceremonious ,
- classic ,
- colossal ,
- commanding ,
- consecrated ,
- conspicuous ,
- cool ,
- dashing ,
- daunting ,
- dedicated ,
- deluxe ,
- dignified ,
- dire ,
- direful ,
- divine ,
- dramatic ,
- dread ,
- dreaded ,
- dreadful ,
- earnest ,
- eerie ,
- elaborate ,
- elegant ,
- emotional ,
- emotive ,
- empyrean ,
- enduring ,
- epoch-making ,
- evocative ,
- exalted ,
- excellent ,
- exceptional ,
- exciting ,
- exhilarating ,
- extraordinary ,
- extravagant ,
- fabulous ,
- fantastic ,
- far-out ,
- fatal ,
- fateful ,
- fearful ,
- fearsome ,
- fell ,
- fine ,
- first class ,
- first-rate ,
- formal ,
- formidable ,
- frightening ,
- frightful ,
- ghastly ,
- ghoulish ,
- glorious ,
- gorgeous ,
- grandiose ,
- grave ,
- great ,
- grim ,
- gripping ,
- grisly ,
- gruesome ,
- heady ,
- heaven-sent ,
- heavy ,
- hideous ,
- historic ,
- history-making ,
- holy ,
- honorable ,
- honourable ,
- horrendous ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- horrific ,
- horrifying ,
- humbling ,
- humongous ,
- imaginative ,
- important ,
- imposing ,
- incredible ,
- inspiriting ,
- intimidating ,
- intoxicating ,
- jolting ,
- lasting ,
- lavish ,
- lush ,
- luxurious ,
- macabre ,
- majestic ,
- marked ,
- marvellous ,
- melodramatic ,
- memorable ,
- menacing ,
- mind-blowing ,
- mind-boggling ,
- miraculous ,
- momentous ,
- monumental ,
- morbid ,
- moving ,
- mysterious ,
- neat ,
- noble ,
- notable ,
- numinous ,
- opulent ,
- ornate ,
- outrageous ,
- overpowering ,
- overwhelming ,
- painful ,
- palatial ,
- panoramic ,
- permanent ,
- petrifying ,
- phenomenal ,
- picturesque ,
- plush ,
- portentous ,
- posh ,
- powerful ,
- pretty ,
- princely ,
- prominent ,
- proud ,
- provocative ,
- rare ,
- redoubtable ,
- regal ,
- resplendent ,
- revered ,
- reverend ,
- rich ,
- ritual ,
- ritzy ,
- rousing ,
- sacred ,
- sainted ,
- sanctified ,
- scenic ,
- serious ,
- shocking ,
- showy ,
- sight ,
- significant ,
- smashing ,
- sober ,
- spirited ,
- splendid ,
- splendiferous ,
- staggering ,
- stately ,
- stimulating ,
- stirring ,
- striking ,
- stunning ,
- stupefying ,
- stupendous ,
- sumptuous ,
- superb ,
- superfine ,
- superior ,
- supreme ,
- swank ,
- swanky ,
- swell ,
- telling ,
- terrible ,
- terrific ,
- terrifying ,
- thrilling ,
- time-honored ,
- time-honoured ,
- top-drawer ,
- top-hole ,
- topping ,
- tremendous ,
- unbelievable ,
- uncanny ,
- unforgettable ,
- unordinary ,
- unreal ,
- unusual ,
- unwonted ,
- vast ,
- venerable ,
- venerated ,
- weighty ,
- weird ,
- wonderful ,
- wondrous ,
- worshipful .
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How to use "Awe-inspiring" in context?
natural disasters
Natural disasters are awe-inspiring events that can leave a lasting impression on those who witness them. The following list features some of the most awe-inspiring natural disasters in recent history.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the most destructive natural disasters in recent history. At least 230,000 people were killed in Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, and Indonesia as a result of the tsunami.
The 2011 TÃ…Âhoku earthquake and tsunami was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recent history. More than11,000 people were killed in Japan, and over 270,000 people were injured.
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awesome, overwhelming.
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