amazing

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

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. wonderful fantastic

2 adj · causing great surprise or... astonishing astounding

More awesome

Word family

Derived forms amazingishamazinglyamazingnessawesomazingunamazing

Related forms amazement

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Phrases (1)

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amazing amount
a quantity large enough to cause surprise or admiration

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From amaze + -ing, from Old English āmasian.

āmasian Old English

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Describing Qualities

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# 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
- Describing Qualities

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