humongous
adjective
hu·mon·gous
hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs 
yü-,
-ˈmäŋ-
variants
or less commonly humungous
: extremely large : huge
a humongous building
humongous amounts of money
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- 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
Examples of humongous in a Sentence
a humongous dish of ice cream
I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Dec. 2024
Holiday Gift Ideas of Food from Germany Lebkuchen, Liebchen
Anyone who is fond of German baking will adore the humongous Lebkuchen Schmidt Festive Chest 2024, packed with traditional goodies such as stollen, a generous assortment of Lebkuchen, biscuits and more.
—Rona Berg, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The humongous versions of the stars were reminiscent of the Travis Scott show from 2020, and — much like the Grande concert — the event also weaved in bits of Fortnite’s strange history.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2024
The magic of Macy’s was dulled on Monday after the retailer announced that quarterly sales were down—and one of its former employees had made a humongous accounting error on purpose.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Humongous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humongous. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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