Usually means: Exceptionally good; extraordinary; very great.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word terrific:

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  1. terrific: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. terrific: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. terrific: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. terrific: Collins English Dictionary
  5. terrific: Vocabulary.com
  6. Terrific, terrific: Wordnik
  7. terrific: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. terrific: Wiktionary
  9. terrific: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. terrific: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. terrific: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. terrific: Dictionary.com
  13. terrific: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. terrific: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Terrific (comics), Terrific (song), Terrific: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Terrific: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. terrific: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. terrific: Rhymezone
  19. terrific: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. terrific: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. terrific: Free Dictionary
  22. terrific: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. terrific: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. Terrific: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Terrific (comic), terrific: Legal dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. terrific: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Terrific, terrific: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See terrifically as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  (now rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring.
adjective:  Very strong or intense; excessive, tremendous.
adjective:  Extremely good; excellent, amazing.

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