Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- 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
Examples of whopping in a Sentence
The play was a whopping success.
The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
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According to GivingTuesday, an independent nonprofit organization that shares a name with the day, the impact of Giving Tuesday in 2023 was a whopping $3.1 billion.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Another key change in 2024 was the opening of the submission calls to Asia for the first time, with a whopping 28% of total submissions coming from the country in this inaugural year.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
Right now, on Amazon, Yeti drink ware is a whopping 30% off.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
Champs Element 3-piece Luggage Set This Cyber Monday deal is almost too good to be true; previously $1,200, this sleek black luggage set from Champs is a whopping 81 percent off right now.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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whopping
adjective
whop·ping
ˈhwäp-iŋ 
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
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