Definitions for awesome

awesome awe·some

Spelling: [aw-suh m]
IPA: /ˈɔ səm/

Awesome is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in awesome (aeemosw).

Definitions for awesome

adjective

  1. causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear:
  2. exhibiting or marked by awe; showing reverence, admiration, or fear.
  3. Slang. very impressive:

Origin of awesome

First recorded in 1590-1600; awe + -some1

Examples for awesome

Oh, I do not see how anything can be so grand, so awesome as this!

He faced them, a tall, awesome figure in his long, full dressing-gown.

Our awesome booking agency, High Road Touring, takes a commission for booking the tour.

The Varsity Chiefs are awesome, and the engine for this devastating hardwood machine is point guard Buell Robinson.

There seemed to be a weird and awesome significance in the scene.

We see Peck's character change and at the same time we see the awesome size of the forces he's up against.

So awesome was it that I do not wonder we went a considerable way in silence.

And they were so funny and awesome that I thought, “I want to do that.”

He worked with mad haste, and there was an awesome, insane glare in his eyes.

Emergent procedures provide their benefit right away and have the awesome potential to rescue a patient from the brink of death.

Word Value for awesome
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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