amazing B1 Topic:Actions & Processes US /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ UK /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #708 Meanings 1 adj Extremely good; wonderful. New York is an amazing city. 2 adj Causing great surprise or wonder. They do an amazing amount of work in a single day. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · extremely good; wonderful. wonderfulfantastic 2 adj · causing great surprise or... astonishingastounding More awesome Word family Derived forms amazingishamazinglyamazingnessawesomazingunamazing Related forms amazement Common collocations amazing amount Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian. āmasian Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # amazing **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 708 ## Meanings 1. Extremely good; wonderful. 2. Causing great surprise or wonder. ## Examples - New York is an amazing city. - They do an amazing amount of work in a single day. ## Synonyms - awesome ## Derived Forms - amazingish - amazingly - amazingness - awesomazing - unamazing ## Related Forms - amazement ## Roots and Affixes - Root: āmasian ## Etymology From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian. ## AI Etymology Amazing is from amaze plus -ing, from Old English āmasian. The -ing ending gives the form participial or gerundial force, naming an action, process, or quality associated with amaze. In use as an adjective, amazing denotes extremely good; wonderful and causing great surprise or wonder. The same word family continues in derived forms such as amazingish, amazingly, amazingness, and awesomazing and related entries such as amazement. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown