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Rachel Parker
Rachel Parker
Content Writer, Editor, Strategist at Logic20/20, Inc.
Published Feb 18, 2015
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I’m calling it, folks: It’s time to retire the word “amazing.”
Or at least put it out to pasture for a while.
Over the last few years, this seven-letter word has become more over-used than a can of Aqua Net at an 80s fashion shoot. It’s an all-too-easy go-to that robs us of our creative ability to express true wonder, and it’s time to set it aside.
Can we all agree to do that?
So, what are we supposed to say instead of “amazing?” Funny you should ask:
- adorable
- alluring
- ambrosial
- astonishing
- astounding
- awe-inspiring
- awesome
- beauteous (sure, go Shakespearean for a day — why not?)
- beautiful
- bewitching
- beyond words
- blue-ribbon
- bonny (for my friends in the Highlands)
- breathtaking
- brilliant
- capital
- captivating
- charming
- classy
- darling
- daunting
- dazzling
- delectable
- delicate
- delicious
- delightful
- divine
- elegant
- enchanting
- enthralling
- enticing
- ethereal
- exalted
- excellent (for my fellow Wayne’s World and Bill & Ted fans)
- exceptional
- exhilarating
- exquisite
- extraordinary
- fabulous (absolutely, dahling!)
- fantastic
- fascinating
- fearsome
- fetching
- first-class
- first-rate
- glorious
- gorgeous
- graceful
- grand
- heavenly
- ideal
- impressive
- incomparable
- inconceivable (for my fellow Princess Bride fans)
- incredible
- indescribable
- ineffable
- inspiring
- irresistible
- lovely
- luscious
- magnetic
- magnificent
- majestic
- marvelous
- mesmerizing
- outstanding
- prodigious
- radiant
- rapturous
- ravishing
- refined
- resplendent
- savory
- scrumptious
- sensual
- sexy
- shocking
- spectacular
- splendid
- staggering
- striking
- stunning
- stupefying
- sublime
- superb
- supreme
- surprising
- tantalizing
- thrilling
- top-notch
- transcendent
- tremendous
- unbelievable
- unearthly
- unutterable
- uplifting
- wonderful
- wondrous
- yummy
And, if you absolutely MUST be amazed …
101. amazeballs
Okay, folks, which ones did we leave out? Tell us your favorite alternatives for “amazing” in the comments — we’d love to hear from you!
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Brooke Durkin
CEO of Happy Health Freelance Writing
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This helped me out with my writing tremendously! Thank You! Another word for amazing is remarkable.
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Karine Welter
Editrice et conseil en communication / Directrice des partenariats chez Tallandier
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Quite amazing ! Sans blague, c'est un article bien distrayant.
Josean Terròn
Trusted SEARS Advisor at SEARS Home Improvements of Houston
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Exemplary. Great read. Good add to my thesaurus.
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Kelley Barr Mattlage, PCED
Chief Communications Officer at East Montgomery County Improvement District
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So sick of hearing "amazing!"
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Thomas Hill, PE
Surge Lead Technical Professional at Freese and Nichols
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Once while I was in a grocery store, I saw someone dressed up in a cow costume, who was dancing around to promote the stores dairy products. I thought it was "Udderly Amazing". My teenage kids sometimes use the adjectives "rad" or "bodacious" to describe things which would otherwise qualify as the retired "amazing". I usually qualify such things or events as having "high wow factor" or "high geek appeal".
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