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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For used cars, the average interest rate ranges from 6.8% to a whopping 21.6%, depending on your credit score.
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
The Conservative incumbent Rebecca Harris took a whopping 76% of the vote in 2019, but approaching Thursday’s elections, Conservatives are polling around 40%, with Labour and Reform each polling around the upper 20s.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2024
Corner infielder Coby Mayo, the club’s No. 2 prospect, went 8-for-18 with three home runs and eight RBIs to improve his season OPS to a whopping 1.067.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
Each four-ounce portion provides 23 grams (g) of protein, 10% of the DV for potassium, and a whopping 60% of the DV for vitamin D. Few foods are naturally rich in vitamin D, which is essential for strong bones and muscles, as well as healthy immune function.9
6.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 1 July 2024
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
The Conservative incumbent Rebecca Harris took a whopping 76% of the vote in 2019, but approaching Thursday’s elections, Conservatives are polling around 40%, with Labour and Reform each polling around the upper 20s.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2024
Corner infielder Coby Mayo, the club’s No. 2 prospect, went 8-for-18 with three home runs and eight RBIs to improve his season OPS to a whopping 1.067.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
Each four-ounce portion provides 23 grams (g) of protein, 10% of the DV for potassium, and a whopping 60% of the DV for vitamin D. Few foods are naturally rich in vitamin D, which is essential for strong bones and muscles, as well as healthy immune function.9
6.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 1 July 2024
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 7 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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