whopping

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adjective

whop·​ping ˈ(h)wä-piŋ 

: extremely large

also : extraordinary, incredible

whopping

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present participle of whop entry 1

Synonyms of whopping

Adjective

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

Examples of whopping in a Sentence

Adjective

The play was a whopping success.

The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The new atlas covers everything else and contains a whopping petabyte of data—a quadrillion bytes. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

Carl Reiner went 37 years between his Emmy Awards, but Rob Reiner went a whopping 48 years after winning in 1978 for All in the Family — a title that could also apply to this particular awards-show record. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

The standout discount, though, is a pair of Fhumsh Wireless Earbuds, which is a whopping 92 percent off. — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026

These biker shorts have a whopping collection of nearly-17,000 five-star ratings, and plenty of rave reviews to back up the numbers. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for whopping

• chopping
• copping
• cropping
• dropping
• flopping
• hopping
• lopping
• mopping
• popping
• propping
• shopping
• slopping

Kids Definition

whopping

adjective

whop·​ping ˈhwäp-iŋ 

ˈwäp-

: extremely large

got a whopping increase in his allowance

also : incredible

a whopping success