Usually means: Exceptionally good; extraordinary; very great.
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  1. terrific: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. terrific: Merriam-Webster
  3. terrific: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. terrific: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. terrific: Collins English Dictionary
  6. terrific: Vocabulary.com
  7. Terrific, terrific: Wordnik
  8. terrific: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. terrific: Wiktionary
  10. terrific: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. terrific: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. terrific: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. terrific: Dictionary.com
  14. terrific: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. terrific: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Terrific (comics), Terrific (song), Terrific: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Terrific: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. terrific: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. terrific: Rhymezone
  20. terrific: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. terrific: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. terrific: FreeDictionary.org
  23. terrific: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. terrific: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Terrific: World Wide Words

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  1. Terrific (comic), terrific: Legal dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. terrific: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Terrific, terrific: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (terrific)

▸ adjective:  (now rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring.
▸ adjective:  Very strong or intense; excessive, tremendous.
▸ adjective:  Extremely good; excellent, amazing.

Similar:
terrifying, alarming, wonderful, marvelous, wondrous, tremendous, rattling, intense, howling, fantastic, more...

Opposite:
terrible, awful, horrific, abysmal, atrocious

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awesome, fantastic, wonderful, marvelous, fabulous, splendid, excellent, more...

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Tom Terrific, Terrific Whatzit, Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific, opposite of terrific, terrific nice cool, more...

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Similar:
terrifying, alarming, wonderful, marvelous, wondrous, tremendous, rattling, intense, howling, fantastic, more...

Opposite:
terrible, awful, horrific, abysmal, atrocious

Types:
awesome, fantastic, wonderful, marvelous, fabulous, splendid, excellent, more...

Phrases:
Tom Terrific, Terrific Whatzit, Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific, opposite of terrific, terrific nice cool, terrific pain, more...

Colors:
    electric blue,     radiant yellow,     vivid green,     luminous pink,     bold turquoise, more...



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