Synonyms of whopping

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adjective

ˈ(h)wä-piŋ 

as in huge

unusually large

delivered a whopping 10-pound baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huge
• enormous
• gigantic
• tremendous
• vast
• massive
• giant
• colossal
• mammoth
• immense
• astronomical
• bumper
• monumental
• astronomic
• sizable
• monstrous
• titanic
• big
• monster
• mighty
• mountainous
• humongous
• gargantuan
• great
• mega
• grand
• oversized
• prodigious
• oversize
• humungous
• staggering
• considerable
• jumbo
• cosmic
• oceanic
• heroic
• super
• elephantine
• planetary
• substantial
• herculean
• galactic
• walloping
• hefty
• cosmical
• supersized
• cyclopean
• king-sized
• sizeable
• good
• Himalayan
• whacking
• king-size
• handsome
• vasty
• heroical
• major
• supersize
• majestic
• super-duper
• leviathan
• Brobdingnagian
• pharaonic
• formidable
• extensive
• imposing
• gross
• gigantesque
• outsized
• goodly
• outsize
• voluminous
• tidy
• infinite
• largish
• bulky
• overwhelming
• stupendous
• lofty
• overgrown
• hulking
• towering
• grandiose
• cavernous
• monolithic
• immeasurable
• august
• boundless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tiny
• minuscule
• microscopic
• pocket
• diminutive
• teensy
• miniature
• micro
• teeny
• infinitesimal
• wee
• minute
• little bitty
• bitty
• small
• microscopical
• pygmy
• little
• midget
• puny
• Lilliputian
• smallish
• mini
• petite
• undersize
• teensy-weensy
• teeny-weeny
• undersized
• bantam
• microminiature
• dinky
• half-pint
• dwarfish
• pint-size
• pint-sized

whopping

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verb

variants or whapping

present participle of whop

1

as in whipping

to defeat by a large margin

despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again

maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipping
• burying
• bombing
• smoking
• walloping
• upsetting
• overwhelming
• trimming
• sweeping
• dusting
• throwing
• flattening
• beating
• clobbering
• trouncing
• annihilating
• whomping
• blowing away
• licking
• thrashing
• crushing
• pasting
• drubbing
• creaming
• smothering
• slaughtering
• skinning
• routing
• destroying
• shellacking
• tromping
• topping
• exceeding
• whupping
• waxing
• skunking
• running rings around
• running circles around
• dispatching
• eating alive
• beating the pants off
• overcoming
• besting
• wiping the ground with
• wiping the floor with
• surpassing
• snowing under
• eclipsing
• scoring
• surmounting
• taking
• conquering
• mastering
• outstripping
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• subduing
• hurdling
• finishing
• vanquishing
• breaking
• outdistancing
• knocking over
• capping
• triumphing (over)
• outdoing
• bettering
• transcending
• subjugating
• outshining
• succeeding
• overpowering
• knocking off
• upending
• edging (out)
• overbearing
• worsting
• overthrowing
• excelling
• flourishing
• acing (out)
• sinking
• overmatching
• overtopping
• pipping
• doing in
• nosing out
• outfighting

2

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

he called me a name and I whopped him good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• hiding
• doing
• slapping
• batting
• punching
• smacking
• walloping
• attacking
• beating
• hitting
• thumping
• whipping
• lashing
• pummelling
• pounding
• battering
• pummeling
• hammering
• spanking
• knocking
• bludgeoning
• working over
• switching
• mauling
• punching out
• drubbing
• roughing (up)
• fibbing
• slogging
• slating
• thrashing
• flogging
• lambasting
• belting
• buffeting
• bashing
• messing (up)
• lathering
• assaulting
• pelting
• currying
• tanning
• storming
• clubbing
• belaboring
• basting
• paddling
• whupping
• tromping
• swiping
• threshing
• whaling
• pommelling
• whacking
• lacing
• chopping
• socking
• beating up on
• bunging up
• smashing
• rushing
• slamming
• cracking
• pommeling
• clobbering
• birching
• descending (on or upon)
• whomping
• jumping (on)
• clouting
• thwacking
• swatting
• strapping
• raiding
• laying on
• busting
• pouncing (on or upon)
• cudgelling
• boxing
• assailing
• cudgeling
• pasting
• besetting
• cuffing
• lamming
• whamming
• wounding
• lacerating
• caning
• maiming
• scourging
• flagellating
• fustigating
• mutilating
• goring
• mangling
• leathering
• blackjacking
• rawhiding
• cowhiding
• pistol-whipping
• horsewhipping

Examples of whopping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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In 2022, Strong took home the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for his portrayal of Kendall, and Succession as a whole racked up a whopping 19 awards and 75 Primetime Emmy Award nominations in its five-year run. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024

Roku came out on top with a whopping 42% growth compared to last September. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024

The Dewy Serum is next level, with a whopping 73% concentration of the Hadasei-3™ complex (way more than the 13.4% in their cult-favorite Dewy Cream). —Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Oct. 2024

Top 5 fall deals at Sam's Club Le Creuset 5-Quart Oval Dutch Oven Get this top-quality Dutch oven for a whopping $85 off. —Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024