The meaning of AMAZING is causing astonishment, great wonder, or surprise. How to use amazing in a sentence. Can amazing mean 'good'?

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

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 …

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

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

Dec 14, 2025 · Adjective amazing (comparative more amazing, superlative most amazing) Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising. quotations

a•maz•ing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ adj. causing astonishment, wonder, or admiration: What an amazing view! a•maz•ing•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English …

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.

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 …

She gave an amazing [= wonderful] performance in her first film. It's amazing [=difficult to believe] how/that many adults in this country don't know how to read. He showed an amazing lack of …