whopping
adjective
ˈwä-\
Definition of whopping
: extremely large also : extraordinary, incredible
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Synonyms & Antonyms for whopping
Synonyms
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or 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
Antonyms
bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
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Nearly One in Two Hasn't Heard of It) Let this sink in for a second: a whopping 41 percent of men told us they've never heard of the Me Too movement. — Benjy Hansen-bundy, Glamour, "What 1,147 Men Really Think About #MeToo," 30 May 2018 The Badgers suffered 13 turnovers against four steals by the Lions, but controlled the boards by a whopping 36-22 margin in rebounding. — Spring Hill College Athletics, AL.com, "Spring Hill men fight through Paine, 86-62," 12 Feb. 2018 In total, initial public offerings in the second quarter raised a whopping $13.1 billion. — Polina Marinova, Fortune, "Term Sheet -- Monday, July 2," 2 July 2018 Mademoiselle Coco Chanel’s label earned a whopping $9.62 billion in 2017, an 11% increase from the previous year. — refinery29.com, "Chanel Is Selling The Dream — & According To Their Numbers, We’re Buying It," 22 June 2018 In 2016, the then-seven-year-old ride-sharing giant burned a whopping $2.8 billion, and a report published in March showed Uber had spent a staggering $10.7 billion over the past nine years—far more than any other tech company. — Maya Kosoff, The Hive, "Uber Pawns the Silverware to Turn a Profit," 24 May 2018 The YouGov poll that had sparked the most turmoil had missed the final mark by a whopping 12 points. — Cam Simpson, Bloomberg.com, "Brexit’s Big Short: How Pollsters Helped Hedge Funds Beat the Crash," 25 June 2018 Curbelo’s district backed Democrat Hillary Clinton by a whopping 16 percentage points in the 2016 presidential race over Trump, who has fanned immigrants’ resentment by repeatedly linking them to crime and job losses. — Washington Post, "Pushed by voters, GOP moderates rebel on immigration," 4 June 2018 Along with Ovechkin's quiet night, Evgeny Kuznetsov — who scored a whopping 24 points in the first three rounds — also had just one assist. — Fox News, "Vegas Golden Knights score 6 goals to get past Washington Capitals in Stanley Cup Final opener," 29 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'whopping.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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whopping
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of whopping
: very large, impressive, etc.
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