huge
[ hyooj or, often, yooj ]
/ hyudʒ or, often, yudʒ /
adjective, hug·er, hug·est.
extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless: the huge genius of Mozart.
Slang.
very important, successful, popular, etc.: The show is huge in Britain.
Origin of huge
SYNONYMS FOR huge
1
mammoth,
gigantic,
colossal;
vast;
stupendous;
bulky.
Huge,
enormous,
immense,
tremendous imply great magnitude.
Huge implies massiveness, bulkiness, or even shapelessness:
a huge mass of rock; a huge collection of antiques.
Enormous, literally out of the norm, applies to what exceeds in extent, magnitude, or degree, a norm or standard:
an enormous iceberg.
Tremendous, in informal use, applies to anything so huge as to be astonishing or to inspire awe:
a tremendous amount of equipment.
Immense, literally not measurable, is particularly applicable to what is exceedingly great, without reference to a standard:
immense buildings. All are used figuratively:
a huge success; enormous curiosity; tremendous effort; immense joy.
pronunciation note for huge
See
human.
OTHER WORDS FROM huge
Words nearby huge
huffish,
huffy,
hufuf,
hug,
hug-me-tight,
huge,
hugely,
hugeous,
huggable,
hugger-mugger,
hugger-muggery
Example sentences from the Web for hugely
British Dictionary definitions for hugely (1 of 2)
hugely
/ (ˈhjuːdʒlɪ) /
adverb
very much; enormously
British Dictionary definitions for hugely (2 of 2)
huge
/ (hjuːdʒ) /
adjective
extremely large in size, amount, or scope
Archaic form: hugeous
Derived forms of huge
hugeness, nounWord Origin for huge
C13: from Old French
ahuge, of uncertain origin