amazing meaning
amazing :
surprising, wonderful
adjective
▪ The view is amazing.
▪ The view is wonderful.
▪ She has an amazing talent.
▪ She has a wonderful skill.
paraphrasing
▪ incredible – hard to believe
▪ astonishing – very surprising
▪ marvelous – very good
▪ fantastic – very great
Pronunciation
amazing [əˈmeɪ.zɪŋ]
The stress is on 'may' and sounds like 'uh-may-zing'.
Common phrases and grammar about amazing
amazing - Common meaning
adjective
surprising, wonderful
Part of Speech Changes for "amazing"
▪ amaze (verb) – to surprise greatly
▪ amazement (noun) – great surprise
▪ amazed (adjective) – surprised greatly
Common Expressions with "amazing"
▪ amazing view – wonderful sight
▪ amazing talent – wonderful skill
▪ amazing story – surprising tale
▪ amazing experience – wonderful event
Important examples of amazing in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, amazing often describes something very good or surprising.
Example of a confusing word: amusing (entertaining)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
Amazing is used as an adjective to describe nouns in TOEIC grammar questions.
amazing
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
amazing grace
'wonderful kindness', often used in songs or poems.
amazing as it may seem
means 'even if it is surprising'.
Differences between similar words and amazing
amazing
,
incredible
differences
Amazing is used for wonderful things, while incredible often means hard to believe.
Words with the same origin as amazing
The origin of amazing
The word's etymology is not clear.
Word structure
The analysis of the word's composition is unclear.
Words with the same origin
The word's root is unclear or difficult to confirm.