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huge

adjective

ˈhyüj 

ˈyüj

huger; hugest

Synonyms of huge

: very large or extensive: such as

a

: of great size or area

huge buildings

b

: great in scale or degree

a huge deficit a huge undertaking They're having a huge sale tomorrow. The crowds were huge. Your help made a huge difference.

c

: great in scope or character

a dancer of huge talent

hugely

adverb

hugeness

noun

Synonyms

astronomical

astronomic

Brobdingnagian

bumper

colossal

cosmic

cosmical

cyclopean

elephantine

enormous

galactic

gargantuan

giant

gigantesque

gigantic

grand

herculean

heroic

heroical

Himalayan

humongous

humungous

immense

jumbo

king-size

king-sized

leviathan

mammoth

massive

mega

mighty

monster

monstrous

monumental

mountainous

oceanic

pharaonic

planetary

prodigious

super

super-duper

supersize

supersized

titanic

tremendous

vast

vasty

walloping

whacking

whopping

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enormous, immense, huge, vast, gigantic, colossal, mammoth mean exceedingly large. enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness.

an enormous expense

an immense shopping mall

huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount.

incurred a huge debt

vast usually suggests immensity of extent.

the vast Russian steppes

gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind.

a gigantic sports stadium

colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions.

a colossal statue of Lincoln

mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk.

a mammoth boulder

Examples of huge in a Sentence

Renovating the house is a huge undertaking.

The store is having a huge sale tomorrow.

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The news of the upcoming spinoff came shortly after the original Suits series had a huge resurgence on Netflix.

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This would be a huge practical and symbolic step for allied support of Kyiv that has so far extended to providing billions of dollars for its defense, but has deliberately stopped short of sending forces for fear of starting a direct war with nuclear-armed Russia.

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These are huge, emotionally climactic songs, with soaring melodies and bass that sounds like the shifting of skyscraper scaffolding.

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The room, with its huge round table and circular light fixture, very much resembles Ken Adam’s iconic war room set from the Cold War classic Dr. Strangelove.

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In a back corner, stage left, shredded paper is piled up in a huge, fluffy heap.

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Harry Litman: Without even ruling on Trump’s immunity claim, the Supreme Court handed him a huge victory.

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French ahuge

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined above

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huge

adjective

ˈhyüj 

ˈyüj

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: of great size or area

2

: of great scale or degree

3

: great in range or character

hugely

adverb

hugeness

noun

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B1 extremely large in size or amount: They live in a huge house. The costs involved in building a spacecraft are huge. A huge number of people attended. His last three movies have all been huge successes. Synonyms

enormous

vast

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greater than the average size or amountbigThey live in a big house in the country.largeA large number of people were crowded into the room.greatThe party was a great success.enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs.

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More examplesFewer examplesA huge crack went from the top to the bottom of the wall.Modern computers can hold huge amounts of information.I had a huge lunch, so I'll only need a snack for dinner.A huge cloud of dense smoke stretched across the horizon.There were two huge oil refineries on the coast.

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Enormous

astronomical

astronomically

behemoth

bigly

by far and away idiom

immeasurably

immense

immensity

inordinate

inordinately

precipitous

stratospheric

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super-colossal

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extremely large in size or amount: a huge forest a huge parking lot They made huge profits in real estate.

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Their business has been hugely successful.

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Examples of huge

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Given the huge importance of this collection it might seem churlish to introduce a note of caution.

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He thinks naturally in huge lengths, and in transitions between them.

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Eventually the number of bacterial progeny becomes huge, and they swarm on the medium, forming a visible colony.

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Huge sections of the outer walls had collapsed and other parts were in very poor shape.

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Poverty, therefore, is a huge risk factor in depression and poor psychological wellbeing.

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My basic idea is a feeling for a huge shape, which gets realized piece by piece.

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This is a relatively unexplored phenomenon with huge potential for identity analysis.

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Without enjoying diplomatic immunity and often endangering themselves and their families, they undertook a huge effort in the area of human-rights preservation.

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This is a huge encyclopedic ornate text in three volumes that covers approximately 3,000 pages.

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The interatrial septum bulged to the left, contributing further to the huge right atrium.

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This is a drawback when the number of atomic data is huge, as happens in dense plasmas, because the computer time increases in excess.

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This massive two-volume tome exerted huge influence on nearly all areas touching upon civil rights up to twenty years after its original publication.

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These microbes have adapted to survive within a huge range of different environments inaccessible to us more ' ' evolved ' ' creatures.

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But any such advantages would be drastically offset by the inordinate repetition and huge length that such a method of presentation would demand.

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This is an ambitious and hard-working book that incorporates reference to a huge range of theoretical perspectives.

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巨大的,龐大的…

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huge

adjective

Definition of huge

as in enormous

unusually large

the old stadium was replaced by a huge new one that seats 100,000 spectators

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enormous

gigantic

tremendous

vast

massive

giant

colossal

immense

mammoth

monumental

astronomical

big

sizable

monstrous

astronomic

bumper

titanic

mountainous

mighty

monster

great

humongous

oversized

gargantuan

mega

oceanic

oversize

grand

prodigious

cosmic

considerable

whopping

substantial

humungous

super

heroic

planetary

herculean

galactic

cosmical

jumbo

elephantine

good

major

sizeable

majestic

staggering

heroical

handsome

formidable

Himalayan

supersized

vasty

king-size

cyclopean

extensive

gigantesque

pharaonic

king-sized

Brobdingnagian

supersize

imposing

hefty

outsized

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whacking

leviathan

overwhelming

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voluminous

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walloping

tidy

largish

bulky

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tiny

minuscule

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diminutive

infinitesimal

miniature

small

micro

pocket

little bitty

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bitty

wee

microscopical

teensy

little

pygmy

minute

smallish

midget

Lilliputian

puny

mini

petite

undersized

teensy-weensy

undersize

teeny-weeny

microminiature

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dinky

dwarfish

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a huge success

a major success

an enormous success

a tremendous success

an overwhelming success

a complete success

a huge difference

a big difference

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a considerable difference

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a huge crowd

a massive crowd

a big crowd

a giant crowd

a large crowd

a humongous crowd

a huge mistake

a big mistake

a massive mistake

a major mistake

a terrible mistake

a horrible mistake

huge losses

significant losses

considerable losses

sizable losses

heavy losses

substantial losses

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How is the word huge distinct from other similar adjectives?

Some common synonyms of huge are colossal, enormous, gigantic, immense, mammoth, and vast. While all these words mean "exceedingly large," huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount.

incurred a huge debt

When would colossal be a good substitute for huge?

The words colossal and huge can be used in similar contexts, but colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions.

a colossal statue of Lincoln

How do enormous and immense relate to one another, in the sense of huge?

Enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness.

an enormous expense

an immense shopping mall

When is gigantic a more appropriate choice than huge?

The synonyms gigantic and huge are sometimes interchangeable, but gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind.

a gigantic sports stadium

When can mammoth be used instead of huge?

The meanings of mammoth and huge largely overlap; however, mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk.

a mammoth boulder

Where would vast be a reasonable alternative to huge?

In some situations, the words vast and huge are roughly equivalent. However, vast usually suggests immensity of extent.

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B1 extremely large in size or amount: They live in a huge house. The costs involved in building a spacecraft are huge. A huge number of people attended. His last three movies have all been huge successes. Synonyms

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greater than the average size or amountbigThey live in a big house in the country.largeA large number of people were crowded into the room.greatThe party was a great success.enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs.

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extremely large in size or amount: a huge forest a huge parking lot They made huge profits in real estate.

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huge  (hyo͞oj)adj. hug·er, hug·est 1. Of exceedingly great size, extent, or quantity. See Synonyms at enormous.2. Of exceedingly great scope or nature: the huge influence of the Hellenic world.3. Informal Contributing in a major way to success; very important: The defensive line was huge in the second half.[Middle English, from Old French ahuge.]huge′ly adv.huge′ness n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.huge (hjuːdʒ) adjextremely large in size, amount, or scope[C13: from Old French ahuge, of uncertain origin] ˈhugeness nCollins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014huge (hyudʒ or, often, yudʒ) adj. hug•er, hug•est. 1. extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or area: a huge ship. 2. very great: The book was a huge success. [1225–75; Middle English huge, hoge < Old French ahuge] huge′ly, adv. huge′ness, n. syn: huge, enormous, tremendous, immense imply great magnitude. huge, when used of concrete objects, usu. adds the idea of massiveness, bulkiness, or even lack of shape: a huge mass of rock. enormous applies to what exceeds a norm or standard in extent, magnitude, or degree: an enormous iceberg. tremendous suggests something so large as to be astonishing or to inspire awe: a tremendous amount of equipment. immense, literally not measurable, is particularly applicable to what is exceedingly great, without reference to a standard: immense buildings. All of these terms are used figuratively: a huge success; enormous curiosity; tremendous effort; immense joy. pron: See human. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:Switch to new thesaurus Adj.1.huge - unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Ingeimmense, vast, Brobdingnagianbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.hugeadjective enormous, great, giant, large, massive, vast, extensive, tremendous, immense, mega (slang), titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monumental, mammoth, bulky, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) Several painters were working on a huge piece of canvas. little, small, minute, tiny, petty, insignificant, microscopic, punyCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002hugeadjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translationsضخمضَخْم، هائِلعملاقهَائِلٌohromnýkæmpestorenormriesigungeheuergigantischmassigτεράστιοςenormeformidablegrandoteinmensodescomunalvaltavaénormeétendugigantesquelargeampleogromangríðarstórgríîarstórrisastórenormegigantescograndiosoingentemastodontico巨大な거대한milzīgsenormgigantischreusachtigenormgedigengigantiskdigerolbrzymienormeimensomuito grandeогромныйгромадныйogromenenormjättestorใหญ่โตkocamançok büyükto lớn巨大的huge [hjuːdʒ] (huger (compar) (hugest (superl))) ADJ [person, building, thing] → enorme, inmenso; [bill, sum of money, investment] → enorme, astronómico; [increase, problem, difference] → enorme, tremendohuge amounts of → enormes cantidades dehuge numbers of → gran número dethey are making a huge profit → están sacando enormes beneficios or beneficios astronómicosthe result was human suffering on a huge scale → el resultado fue sufrimiento humano en proporciones gigantescasto be a huge success → tener un éxito enorme, ser todo un éxitoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005huge [ˈhjuːdʒ] adj [amount, profit] → énorme, immense; [thing] → immense, gigantesque; [crowd] → énorme; [task] → énormea huge number of → un très grand nombre deto make a huge difference → faire une différence énormeto be a huge fan of sth/sb → être un très grand fan de qch/qna huge success → un succès fouCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005huge adj (+er) → riesig; appetite, thirst, disappointment, deficit, selection → Riesen- (inf); effort → gewaltig; problem, difference, increase → riesig, enorm; a huge success → ein Riesenerfolg (inf); a huge city → eine Riesenstadt (inf); a huge job → eine Riesenarbeit (inf); huge numbers of these children → ungeheuer viele von diesen Kindern; human suffering on a huge scale → unermessliches menschliches LeidenCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007huge [hjuːdʒ] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (gen) → enorme; (appetite, helping) → smisurato/a; (success) → strepitoso/a, immenso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995huge (hjuːdʒ) adjective very large. a huge dog; a huge sum of money; Their new house is huge. reusagtig, enorm ضَخْم، هائِل огромен enorme ohromný riesig enorm; kæmpestor τεράστιοςenorme hiiglasuur بسيار بزرگ jättimäinen énormeעצום विशाल golem, ogroman hatalmas besar gríðarstór enorme 巨大な 거대한 didžiulis milzīgs sangat besar enormkjempestor, enormogromny ډیر لوی enorme uriaş огромный obrovský ogromen ogroman väldig, jättestor ใหญ่โต kocaman, çok büyük 巨大的 величезний بہت بڑا khổng lồ 巨大的ˈhugeness noun reusagtigheid ضَخامَه гигантски размери enormidade obrovitost ungeheure Größe noget, som er stort η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. τεράστιο(ς) enormidad; inmensidad tohutu suurus عظمت jättimäisyys énormité עֲנָקִיוּת विशलता velicina, golemost hatalmas volta vminek kebesaran magn; bÿsn enormità 巨大さ 거대함 didumas milzīgums kebesaran yang amat sangat enorme afmeting noe som er enormt ogrom لویوالی enormidade imensitate огромность obrovskosť ogromnost ogromnost väldighet, ofantlighet ความใหญ่โต çok büyüklük, irilik 巨大 величезність ضخامت sự to lớn; sự khổng lồ 巨大ˈhugely adverb very much; greatly. baie groot بِضَخامَه извънредно много enormemente ohromně ungeheuer umådeligt; enormt εξαιρετικάenormemente hiiglamoodi باعظمت hyvin énormément מְאוֹד מְאוֹד बहुत अधिक vecinom roppantul banyak mjög mikið enormemente 大いに 거대하게 didžiai, labai ļoti; milzīgi amat sangat enorm groot kjempemye, enormt potężnie له لویوالی سره enormemente imens весьма; чрезвычаино ohromne ogromno u ogromnoj meri väldigt อย่างมาก muazzam bir şekilde, dev gibi 極多地,極大地 дуже بڑے پیمانے پر rất lớn; rất nhiều 极多地Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.huge → هَائِلٌ ohromný kæmpestor riesig τεράστιος inmenso valtava énorme ogroman enorme 巨大な 거대한 enorm enorm olbrzymi imenso, muito grande огромный enorm ใหญ่โต kocaman to lớn 巨大的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009huge a. inmenso-a; enorme. English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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Definition of huge adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

huge adjective OPAL S  /hjuːdʒ/  /hjuːdʒ/

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  extremely large in size or amount; great in degree synonym enormous, vastThe sums of money involved are potentially huge.A huge crowd had gathered in the square.Huge amounts of data were lost.I wasn't a huge fan of the movie.Becoming a mother made a huge difference to me.Anti-social behaviour affects a huge number of people daily.The party was a huge success.This is going to be a huge problem for us.Extra ExamplesHe gazed up at her with huge brown eyes.The company ran up huge debts.Their house is absolutely huge!The building is huge.There's a potentially huge demand for this product.This is a really huge amount of money.This is a huge mistake.Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbsbelookbecome…adverbprettyreallyabsolutely…See full entry

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(informal) very successfulI think this band is going to be huge.Topics Successc2 Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French ahuge, of unknown origin.See huge in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee huge in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishCheck pronunciation:

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GamesDaily CrosswordWord PuzzleWord FinderAll gamesFeaturedWord of the DaySynonym of the DayWord of the YearNew wordsLanguage storiesAll featuredPop cultureSlangEmojiMemesAcronymsGender and sexualityAll pop cultureWriting tipsGrammar Coach™Writing hubGrammar essentialsCommonly confusedAll writing tipsGamesFeaturedPop cultureWriting tipshuge[ hyooj or, often, yooj ]show ipaSee synonyms for: hugehugelyhugeness on Thesaurus.comadjective,hug·er, hug·est.extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless: the huge genius of Mozart.Slang. very important, successful, popular, etc.: The show is huge in Britain.See moreOrigin of huge1First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English huge, hoge from Old French ahuge, ahoge “enormous,” equivalent to a- a-5 + hoge “height” from Germanic; compare Old Norse haugr “hill” (see high)synonym study For huge1. Huge, enormous, immense, tremendous imply great magnitude. Huge implies massiveness, bulkiness, or even shapelessness: a huge mass of rock; a huge collection of antiques. Enormous, literally out of the norm, applies to what exceeds in extent, magnitude, or degree, a norm or standard: an enormous iceberg. Tremendous, in informal use, applies to anything so huge as to be astonishing or to inspire awe: a tremendous amount of equipment. Immense, literally not measurable, is particularly applicable to what is exceedingly great, without reference to a standard: immense buildings. All are used figuratively: a huge success; enormous curiosity; tremendous effort; immense joy.pronunciation note For hugeSee human. Other words for huge1 mammoth, gigantic, colossal; vast; stupendous; bulkySee synonyms for huge on Thesaurus.comOpposites for huge1 small, tiny, diminutiveSee antonyms for huge on Thesaurus.comOther words from hugehugely, adverbhugeness, nouno·ver·huge, adjectiveo·ver·huge·ly, adverbo·ver·huge·ness, nounWords Nearby hugehuffinghuffishhuffyHufufhughugeHügelhugelyhugeoushuggablehugger-muggerDictionary.com Unabridged

Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024How to use huge in a sentenceRather than fretting about infinites, they should have focused on connecting tiny with huge.How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics | Charlie Wood | September 17, 2020 | Quanta MagazineTo their astonishment, they found that the huge difference in the mantled clones was the result of a single, tiny epigenetic change.The Environmental Headache in Your Shampoo - Issue 90: Something Green | Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay | September 16, 2020 | NautilusThe “Top Stories” SERP feature, however, was a huge benefit to using an AMP for any news agency with a website, and it’s easy to understand why.Google ranking factors to change search in 2021: Core Web Vitals, E-A-T, or AMP? | Aleh Barysevich | September 16, 2020 | Search Engine WatchFirst, Apple was supplying a base of huge, though slowly growing profits, and Google and Facebook provided earnings that were both increasingly big, and racing ahead.Will tech stocks stumble or slide? What the fundamentals tell us | Shawn Tully | September 16, 2020 | FortuneBeing in the Midwest, “there are just a limited number of funds and angel investors, which have huge concentrations on the coast,” says Candice Matthews Brackeen, founder and CEO of Cincinnati-based Lightship Capital.Cincinnati’s Secret Sauce to Help Minority Businesses Succeed | Nick Fouriezos | September 15, 2020 | OzyMusic is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical | Stereo Williams | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, as Gow adds wryly from his own personal experience, “To a huge extent they achieved that aim very well.”‘Nazi Cows’ Tried to Kill British Farmer | Tom Sykes | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTLast March they gave Airbus a huge piece of new business, ordering 169 A320s and 65 of the slightly larger A321.Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn doing so he exposed the failure of other airlines in the region to see the huge pent-up demand for cheap travel.Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501 | Clive Irving | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBeyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended.Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss | Michael Daly | January 5, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOnly the petrol tins they took for water right and left of their pathway up the cliff; huge diamonds in the evening sun.Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonTwo huge steam engines had snorted and puffed for three whole years.The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsWell, the pudding moment arrived, and a huge slice almost obscured from sight the plate before us.The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousNothing doubtful or "reputed" ever arrived in the huge packing-cases consigned to Walls End Castle.The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThus among the huge mass of accumulated commodities the simplest wants would go unsatisfied.The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockSee More ExamplesBritish Dictionary definitions for hugehuge/ (hjuːdʒ) /adjectiveextremely large in size, amount, or scope: Archaic form: hugeousOrigin of huge1C13: from Old French ahuge, of uncertain originDerived forms of hugehugeness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition

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B1 extremely large: a huge house a huge piece of cake

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