In fact, a number of words that are semantically similar to amazing have also come unmoored from their original meanings. Fabulous once meant “characteristic of fables," and the earliest known sense of …

AMAZING definition: causing great surprise or sudden wonder. See examples of amazing used in a sentence.

You say that something is amazing when it is very surprising and makes you feel pleasure, approval, or wonder. It's amazing what we can remember with a little prompting. This movie has some of the most …

To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. To cause great wonder or astonishment: a sight that amazes. n. Amazement; wonder.

(Definition of amazing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of amazing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Amazing, like incredible, awesome, and fabulous, is used so often to describe things that are just really good, you sometimes forget that its real meaning is reserved for things that are especially remarkable.

Synonyms for AMAZING: surprising, startling, stunning, wonderful, shocking, incredible, astonishing, awesome; Antonyms of AMAZING: normal, common, ordinary, typical, unsurprising, usual, …

You say that something is amazing when it is very surprising and makes you feel pleasure, approval, or wonder. It's amazing what we can remember with a little prompting.

(Definition of amazing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)