Associations to the word «Phenomenal»

Wiktionary

PHENOMENAL, adjective. (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
PHENOMENAL, adjective. (scientific) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
PHENOMENAL, adjective. (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
PHENOMENAL WORLD, noun. (philosophy) Especially in philosophical idealism, the world as it appears to human beings as a result of being structured by human understanding; the world as experienced, as opposed to the world of things-in-themselves.

Dictionary definition

PHENOMENAL, adjective. Of or relating to a phenomenon; "phenomenal science".
PHENOMENAL, adjective. Exceedingly or unbelievably great; "the bomb did fantastic damage"; "Samson is supposed to have had fantastic strength"; "phenomenaRl feats of memory".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky