Synonyms: awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing, amazing
Definition: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
Usage: New York is an amazing city; the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight; the awesome complexity of the universe; this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath- Melville; Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
Similar words: impressive
Definition: making a strong or vivid impression
Usage: an impressive ceremony
Synonyms: amazing, astonishing
Definition: surprising greatly
Usage: she does an amazing amount of work; the dog was capable of astonishing tricks
Similar words: surprising
Definition: causing surprise or wonder or amazement
Usage: the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data; leaped up with surprising agility; she earned a surprising amount of money