Dictionary

huge en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [hʊu̯dʒ] (Norfolk)
• [ç(j)u̟ːd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ç(j)ʉwd͡ʒ] (British, Southern, Standard)
• [ç(j)ʉd͡ʒ] (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /hjud͡ʒ/ (US)
• /hjʉdʒ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• [ç(j)u̟d͡ʒ] (US)
• /hjuːd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /juːdʒ/ New York City, some other US dialects
• (US) audio
• /hjʉwd͡ʒ/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From Middle English huge, from Old French ahuge (“high, lofty, great, large, huge”), of unknown origin. One theory derives it from an underlying Old French a hoge (“at height”), from a (“at, to”) + hoge (“a hill, height”), the latter from Frankish *haug or cognate Old Norse haugr (“hill”); both from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“hill, mound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowkós (“hill, mound”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, whence also English high.

Meanings

1. Very large.
   • The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
   • [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages. 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
   • “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts,[…]the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!” 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
2. (informal) Very strong, powerful, or dedicated.
   • After the children went to bed, the couple got into a huge argument. 2026 August 7, Nicholas Muhoro, “Korrina Malinoski, 26, Vanished After an Argument in 1987. Less Than a Year Later, Her 11-Year-Old Daughter Disappeared Too”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2026:
   • Both of my parents are huge supporters of animal rights.
3. (informal) Very interesting, significant, or popular.
   • In our league our coach is huge!
   • The band's next album is going to be huge.

Forms

Antonyms

minuscule (antonym(s) of “very large”) · tiny (antonym(s) of “very large”) · dwarf (antonym(s) of “very large”) · midget (antonym(s) of “very large”) · small (antonym(s) of “very large”)

Deriveds

huge if true · huge page · overhuge · hunormous · hugeness · huge tegu · hugen · humongous · hugely · superhuge · hugemongous · hugeous · hugantic · hugy · hugesome

Synonyms

long · mega- · Brobdingnagian · cosmic · gigantesque · titanic · sizeable · great · generous · great · outsized · spacious · colossal · monumental · astronomic · overlarge · mammoth · stonking · pyramidal · substantial · leviathan · broad · bulky · immense · ample · grand · prodigious · big fat · elephantine · gigantuan (colloquial · immane · mahoosive · elephantic · pantagruelian · whopping · rotund · humongous · tremendous · largifical · monstrous · boxcar · jumbo · oversized · bodacious · voluminous · hench · nonstandard)) · ginormous · hefty · huge · giant · enormous · giantesque · good-sized · larger than life · cyclopean · great · yuge · behemothic · roomy · massive · honkin' · big · full · supersized · Pythonic · hunormous · exceeding · commodious · super- · vast · stupendous · liberal · mountainous · considerable · gigantic · great big · oversize · gargantuan · wide · expansive · Daniel Lambertish · hulking · tall · great · mastodonic

Translations (109)

be аграма́дны (very large) · el τεράστιος (very large) · ro gigantic (very large) · la pergrandis (very large) · cs ohromný (very large) · gl enorme (very large) · la immānis (very large) · as মস্ত (very large) · gl xigante (very large) · hu hatalmas (very large) · az zorba (very large) · ko 거대하다 (very large) · az azman (very large) · nn kjempestor (very large) · es enorme (very large) · km សម្បើម (very large) · la ingens (very large) · ka უშველებელი (very large) · hu óriási (very large) · uk величе́зний (very large) · nl enorm (very large) · pt gigante (very large) · nl reusachtig (very large) · ar هَائِل (very large) · lv milzīgs (very large) · uk здорове́нний (very large) · hy վիթխարի (very large) · pt gigantesco (very large) · pl ogromny (very large) · da enorm (very large) · rap nui nui (very large) · nn enorm (very large) · be веліза́рны (very large) · th เบ้อเริ่ม (very large) · ro imens (very large) · grc παμμεγέθης (very large) · cmn 巨大的 (very large) · yi ריזיק (very large) · ga anmhór (very large) · es grandote (very large) · eo giganta (very large) · fi valtava (very large) · be вялі́зны (very large) · fr énorme (very large) · cmn 巨型的 (very large) · sk ohromný (very large) · th ใหญ่ (very large) · cy anferth (very large) · uz ulkan (very large) · sh ȍgrōman (very large) · th เทิ่ง (very large) · km ធំសម្បើម (very large) · ru грома́дный (very large) · de riesig (very large) · chr ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (very large) · az nəhəng (very large) · is risastór (very large) · sl ogromen (very large) · nn diger (very large) · pl olbrzymi (very large) · mk огромен (very large) · nb diger (very large) · tr kocaman (very large) · vi khổng lồ (very large) · sh о̏гро̄ман (very large) · it enorme (very large) · ota ایری (very large) · ru огро́мный (very large) · bg огро́мен (very large) · cy enfawr (very large) · nb kjempestor (very large) · bg грама́ден (very large) · ka უზარმაზარი (very large) · nb enorm (very large) · ru здорове́нный (very large) · eo grandega (very large) · ca enorme (very large) · ar عِمْلَاق (very large) · ga ollmhór (very large) · is gríðarstór (very large) · pt enorme (very large) · ota قوجه (very large) · wa nouzone (very large) · ka ჯაბახანა (very large) · sv jättestor (very large) · ar ضَخْم (very large) · ro uriaș (very large) · fa کلان (very large) · th มหึมา (very large) · ar جَبَّار (very large) · io giganta (very large) · ko 커다랗다 (very large) · eo enorma (very large) · nn gigantisk (very large) · ro enorm (very large) · ja 巨大な (very large) · it gigante (very large) · nb gigantisk (very large) · fa سترگ (very large) · nl gigantisch (very large) · be велічэ́зны (very large) · as বৃহৎ (very large) · sei aapa (very large) · gd an-mhòr (very large) · da kæmpestor (very large) · km អ៊ូង (very large) · ka ვეებერთელა (very large) · km ចង្គ្រោង (very large) · hy հսկայական (very large)