humongous

adjective

hu·​mon·​gous hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs 

yü-, 

-ˈmäŋ-

variants or less commonly humungous

hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs 

: extremely large : huge

a humongous building

humongous amounts of money

Synonyms of humongous

• huge
• gigantic
• giant
• enormous
• vast
• massive
• tremendous
• colossal
• mammoth
• immense
• monumental
• astronomical

Examples of humongous in a Sentence

a humongous dish of ice cream

I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.

Recent Examples on the Web

The center of the restaurant is home to a humongous cheese cellar that resembles a giant glass tube. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026

Gu sized up their new digs, a condo with a bachelor-pad feel—fireplace, sauna, hot tub, humongous grill. —Sean Gregory, Time, 22 Jan. 2026

These burgeoning supermassive black holes could have formed either by the direct gravitational collapse of a humongous gas cloud or from the merger of myriad stellar-mass black holes produced by the core collapse of massive stars in a dense stellar cluster hidden inside a gas cloud. —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025

Only females could drag all around the world at night without ever getting lost a weighty sleigh, humongous, ginormous bag of toys and a fat guy in asuit who takes all the credit. —Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of huge + monstrous

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above