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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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Etymology
Middle English, from Old French ahuge
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12th century, in the meaning defined above
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huge
adjective
ˈhyüj
ˈyüj
1
: 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
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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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behemoth
bigly
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immense
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precipitous
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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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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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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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gigantic
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vast
massive
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immense
mammoth
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sizable
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titanic
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humongous
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oceanic
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prodigious
cosmic
considerable
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substantial
humungous
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heroic
planetary
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galactic
cosmical
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elephantine
good
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micro
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petite
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a massive crowd
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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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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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B1 extremely large: a huge house a huge piece of cake
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