whopping

adjective

whop·​ping ˈ(h)wä-piŋ 

: extremely large

also : extraordinary, incredible

Synonyms of whopping

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

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

Diana’s own purple velvet gown—which sold for a whopping $604,800 at auction in 2023—was originally in Edelstein’s fall 1989 collection. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 20 July 2026

In an admittedly small sample size of 31attempts, Lendeborg has made a whopping 15 of them. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

Out of all Instacart ice cream orders, vanilla ice cream took up a whopping 21%. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2026

Fox hit a whopping 31 approach shots inside 20 feet, tied with Scottie Scheffler for the most of any player in the field. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

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