Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- 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
Examples of whopping in a Sentence
The play was a whopping success.
The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
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But that ratio has skewed sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic, with home prices up a whopping 47% since early 2020.
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Daniel Wood, NPR, 20 June 2024
Next, save a whopping $1000 on the TCL Class QM8 TV, renowned for its bright panel, accurate colors, and gamer-friendly features.
—Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 20 June 2024
Last year, there was a whopping $75 million prize pool for the tournament with the winner netting $18 million.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 19 June 2024
The show, which was up for a whopping 13 awards, would be crowned Best Play.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 17 June 2024
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Daniel Wood, NPR, 20 June 2024
Next, save a whopping $1000 on the TCL Class QM8 TV, renowned for its bright panel, accurate colors, and gamer-friendly features.
—Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 20 June 2024
Last year, there was a whopping $75 million prize pool for the tournament with the winner netting $18 million.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 19 June 2024
The show, which was up for a whopping 13 awards, would be crowned Best Play.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 17 June 2024
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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whopping
adjective
whop·ping
ˈhwäp-iŋ 
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
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