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humongous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [çu̟ːˈmʊŋɡəs] (Northern-England)
  • /ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs/
  • /ˌhjuːˈmɒŋɡəs/
  • [ˌçu̟ːˈmɐŋɡəs] (Southern-England)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Of expressive origin, likely inspired by huge, with the termination of monstrous.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Of an extremely large size.
    • Other students make wide detours to avoid the humiliation and fear of being chased and attacked by the humongous numbers of bees in front of Atkinson. 1964 May 29, The Colonnade:
    • “Thumbs!” ordered Mr Big. “Do your worst with the boy!” Frank looked on in terror as the man bent back his humongous Thumbs, ready to cause damage. CLICK! CLICK! The henchman pressed them hard into the boy’s ears. Frank felt like his brain was going to burst. “ARGH!” he screamed. 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Bursting a Brain”, in Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 238:
    • Solomon had pulled this humongous fish that was bigger than anything weʼd ever seen. 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 19:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
humungous alternative lexicographic
more humongous Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most humongous Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

humongoid · humongosity · humongously · hugemongous · humongousness

Synonyms

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

Translations (44)

it enorme (extremely large) · el γιγαντιαίος (extremely large) · hu óriási (extremely large) · gl xigantesco (extremely large) · el θεόρατος (extremely large) · eo giganta (extremely large) · ru гига́нтский (extremely large) · cs obrovitý (extremely large) · it gigantesco (extremely large) · fi suunnaton (extremely large) · fi valtava (extremely large) · cs obrovitánský (extremely large) · fr énorme (extremely large) · hu hatalmas (extremely large) · sv kolossal (extremely large) · cs ohromný (extremely large) · gl alarbe (extremely large) · nl enorm (extremely large) · es gigante (extremely large) · sv gigantisk (extremely large) · de gigantisch (extremely large) · sv mastodontisk (extremely large) · ru огро́мный (extremely large) · el εξαιρετικός (extremely large) · it disumano (extremely large) · eo grandega (extremely large) · pt gigantesco (extremely large) · hu irdatlan (extremely large) · tg каппа-калон (extremely large) · es enorme (extremely large) · nl gigantisch (extremely large) · kmr dêwane (extremely large) · lv milzīgs (extremely large) · lv gigantisks (extremely large) · cs obrovský (extremely large) · eo kolosa (extremely large) · tr devasa (extremely large) · fr gigantesque (extremely large) · fi jättimäinen (extremely large) · tr kocaman (extremely large) · sv jättelik (extremely large) · it mastodontico (extremely large) · sv enorm (extremely large) · de riesig (extremely large)