huger; hugest
: very large or extensive: such as
a
: of great size or area
huge buildings
b
: great in scale or degree
a huge deficit
a huge undertaking
They're having a huge sale tomorrow.
The crowds were huge.
Your help made a huge difference.
c
: great in scope or character
a dancer of huge talent
hugely
adverb
hugeness
noun
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- humongous
- humungous
- 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
Examples of huge in a Sentence
Renovating the house is a huge undertaking.
The store is having a huge sale tomorrow.
Recent Examples on the Web
Billed as the first-ever truly open-world Star Wars game, Outlaws allows players to explore not just huge swaths of any one city or planet, but travel almost seamlessly between destinations across the galaxy.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
Unionized auto workers worry about job security under Biden's EV policies, but today's huge grants, particularly for Stellantis and GM, will no doubt help ease some of those fears.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 11 July 2024
And then Weave came in and picked me up, which was huge.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
Throughout the day, various fan activities and live performances will be held, culminating in three huge nights of concerts produced by CJ ENM.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 11 July 2024
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
Unionized auto workers worry about job security under Biden's EV policies, but today's huge grants, particularly for Stellantis and GM, will no doubt help ease some of those fears.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 11 July 2024
And then Weave came in and picked me up, which was huge.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2024
Throughout the day, various fan activities and live performances will be held, culminating in three huge nights of concerts produced by CJ ENM.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 11 July 2024
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“Huge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/huge. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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huge
adjective
ˈhyüj 
ˈyüj
1
: of great size or area
2
: of great scale or degree
3
: great in range or character
hugely
adverb
hugeness
noun
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