Synonyms of whopping

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adjective

ˈ(h)wä-piŋ 

as in huge

unusually large

delivered a whopping 10-pound baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huge
• enormous
• gigantic
• tremendous
• vast
• massive
• giant
• colossal
• mammoth
• immense
• astronomical
• bumper
• monumental
• astronomic
• sizable
• monstrous
• titanic
• big
• monster
• mighty
• mountainous
• humongous
• gargantuan
• great
• mega
• grand
• oversized
• prodigious
• oversize
• humungous
• staggering
• considerable
• jumbo
• cosmic
• oceanic
• heroic
• super
• elephantine
• planetary
• substantial
• herculean
• galactic
• walloping
• hefty
• cosmical
• supersized
• cyclopean
• king-sized
• sizeable
• good
• Himalayan
• whacking
• king-size
• handsome
• vasty
• heroical
• major
• supersize
• majestic
• super-duper
• leviathan
• Brobdingnagian
• pharaonic
• formidable
• extensive
• imposing
• gross
• gigantesque
• outsized
• goodly
• outsize
• voluminous
• tidy
• infinite
• largish
• bulky
• overwhelming
• stupendous
• lofty
• overgrown
• hulking
• towering
• grandiose
• cavernous
• monolithic
• immeasurable
• august
• boundless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tiny
• minuscule
• microscopic
• pocket
• diminutive
• teensy
• miniature
• micro
• teeny
• infinitesimal
• wee
• minute
• little bitty
• bitty
• small
• microscopical
• pygmy
• little
• midget
• puny
• Lilliputian
• smallish
• mini
• petite
• undersize
• teensy-weensy
• teeny-weeny
• undersized
• bantam
• microminiature
• dinky
• half-pint
• dwarfish
• pint-size
• pint-sized

whopping

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verb

variants or whapping

present participle of whop

1

as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin

despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again

maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipping
• burying
• bombing
• smoking
• walloping
• upsetting
• overwhelming
• trimming
• sweeping
• dusting
• throwing
• flattening
• beating
• clobbering
• trouncing
• annihilating
• whomping
• blowing away
• licking
• thrashing
• crushing
• pasting
• drubbing
• creaming
• smothering
• slaughtering
• skinning
• routing
• destroying
• shellacking
• tromping
• topping
• exceeding
• whupping
• waxing
• skunking
• running rings around
• running circles around
• dispatching
• eating alive
• beating the pants off
• overcoming
• besting
• wiping the ground with
• wiping the floor with
• surpassing
• snowing under
• eclipsing
• scoring
• surmounting
• taking
• conquering
• mastering
• outstripping
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• subduing
• hurdling
• finishing
• vanquishing
• breaking
• outdistancing
• knocking over
• capping
• triumphing (over)
• outdoing
• bettering
• transcending
• subjugating
• outshining
• succeeding
• overpowering
• knocking off
• upending
• edging (out)
• overbearing
• worsting
• overthrowing
• excelling
• flourishing
• acing (out)
• sinking
• overmatching
• overtopping
• pipping
• doing in
• nosing out
• outfighting

2

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

he called me a name and I whopped him good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• hiding
• doing
• slapping
• batting
• punching
• smacking
• walloping
• attacking
• beating
• hitting
• thumping
• whipping
• lashing
• pummelling
• pounding
• battering
• pummeling
• hammering
• spanking
• knocking
• bludgeoning
• working over
• switching
• mauling
• punching out
• drubbing
• roughing (up)
• fibbing
• slogging
• slating
• thrashing
• flogging
• lambasting
• belting
• buffeting
• bashing
• messing (up)
• lathering
• assaulting
• pelting
• currying
• tanning
• storming
• clubbing
• belaboring
• basting
• paddling
• whupping
• tromping
• swiping
• threshing
• whaling
• pommelling
• whacking
• lacing
• chopping
• socking
• beating up on
• bunging up
• smashing
• rushing
• slamming
• cracking
• pommeling
• clobbering
• birching
• descending (on or upon)
• whomping
• jumping (on)
• clouting
• thwacking
• swatting
• strapping
• raiding
• laying on
• busting
• pouncing (on or upon)
• cudgelling
• boxing
• assailing
• cudgeling
• pasting
• besetting
• cuffing
• lamming
• whamming
• wounding
• lacerating
• caning
• maiming
• scourging
• flagellating
• fustigating
• mutilating
• goring
• mangling
• leathering
• blackjacking
• rawhiding
• cowhiding
• pistol-whipping
• horsewhipping

Examples of whopping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The movie was not as critically lauded as The Dark Knight but was still met with whopping fan and commercial success, grossing over $1 billion at the box office. —Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024

Apple has long tended to its walled garden of in-house products, which has resulted in a uniform line of apps and accessories bespoke to its tech—and a whopping antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024

Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, The Room Next Door, premiered to a whopping 17-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. —Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024

The Titans also ran the ball on 105 of their 154 offensive plays with Willis, a whopping 68.2%. —Rob Reischel, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024