“Amazing” was the go-to word on the Academy Awards red carpet this week. In fact, if you had a drink every time someone’s gown or Oscar experience or career was proclaimed amazing, you’d have been drunk before the ceremony even started.
 
I recently ran across the word amazing in a blog post by Michael Moser, in a list of 41 words he called “better than good.” They were so much better – like breathtaking, choice and dazzling – they would be fine substitutes for amazing. But not for good.
 
Sometimes you don’t need “better” than good, you just need an alternative, if only to switch up your responses to “How are you?” I came up with 70 alternatives, including some “damned with faint praise” options. Find them in my latest blog post, and be sure to add your own suggestions or tell me your faves in the comments.