whopping

adjective

whop·​ping ˈ(h)wä-piŋ 

: extremely large

also : extraordinary, incredible

Synonyms

• astronomical
• astronomic
• Brobdingnagian
• bumper
• colossal
• cosmic
• cosmical
• cyclopean
• elephantine
• enormous
• galactic
• gargantuan
• giant
• gigantesque
• gigantic
• grand
• herculean
• heroic
• heroical
• Himalayan
• huge
• humongous
• humungous
• immense
• jumbo
• king-size
• 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

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

At the peak of its success in 2017, led by now–EU commissioner Thierry Breton, Atos was valued at a whopping $15 billion. —Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 10 Apr. 2024

Two weeks ago, a player in New Jersey won the first Mega Millions jackpot of the year: a whopping $1.13 billion. —USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024

Since then, the rap superstar has racked up a whopping 185 career entries on the Hot 100, the fourth-most for any artist in Billboard history behind Drake (329), Taylor Swift (232) and Lil Wayne (186). —Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024

The winner will play either Frisco Wakeland (24-0-2) or Leander Rouse (20-4-3) in the Class 5A state championship on Saturday at 11 a.m. The Colleyville Heritage Panthers (23-0-2), on the road to state, have outscored opponents by a whopping 107 goals and have only conceded 16. —Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024

After no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the Monday, April 1 drawing, the grand prize climbed to a whopping $1.09 billion for Wednesday, April 3. —Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024

And the chances that you’re impacted are high: A whopping 85% of the United States has hard water. —Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024

The set is available in sizes twin through California king and in a whopping 19 colors and patterns, including denim blue, luxe cream, and lavender. —Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024

We are told this behemoth has the capacity to carry the equivalent of a whopping 12,000 bottles of booze. —Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1625, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

whopping

adjective

whop·​ping ˈhwäp-iŋ 

ˈwäp-

: extremely large

got a whopping increase in his allowance

also : incredible

a whopping success