whopping

adjective

whop·​ping ˈ(h)wä-piŋ 

: extremely large

also : extraordinary, incredible

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Almost a quarter of fatal boating accidents involved drugs and alcohol in 2023 — and a whopping 82% involved operators with no formal boating education, said FWC Major Alberto Maza. —Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024

That’s a pretty common practice in Dillon Beach where, according to county estimates, a whopping 84% of the town’s 408 housing units are second homes and 31% are used as licensed short-term rentals. —Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

whopping

adjective

whop·​ping ˈhwäp-iŋ 

ˈwäp-

: extremely large

got a whopping increase in his allowance

also : incredible

a whopping success