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

And with a whopping 16 shades to choose from, there’s a hue for any skin tone—or occasion. —Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026

However, the future surveys that are already planned forecast the ability to rule out MOND (and the n=1 force law scaling) on cosmic scales by a whopping 10σ significance. —Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026

They're tied for the worst record in baseball, have scored the second fewest runs in the league, and have now fallen a whopping eight games out of first place in the National League East already. —Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026

On their incredible journey, the Artemis 2 crew went farther from Earth than humans have ever gone before — a whopping 252,756 miles (406,771 kilometers) miles from home. —Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 Apr. 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