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单词 humongous
释义

humongous

adjective

hu·​mon·​gous hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs How to pronounce humongous (audio)
yü-,
-ˈmäŋ-
variants or less commonly humungous
hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs How to pronounce humongous (audio)
: 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
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Example Sentences

a humongous dish of ice cream I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.
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Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of huge + monstrous

First Known Use

circa 1967, in the meaning defined above

humongous

adjective

variants also humungous
as in huge
unusually large I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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