Synonyms of whopping
Examples of whopping in a Sentence
The play was a whopping success.
The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
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The United States will send its largest-ever contingent of winter athletes to Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympics as a whopping 232 people will represent the Stars and Stripes.
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Mark Scaglione, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
The Grizzlies have a whopping 13 first-round picks over the next seven seasons, which is tied with the Brooklyn Nets and Oklahoma City Thunder.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Swift has earned a whopping 58 Grammy nods over the course of her career.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli managed a whopping 500 laps over three days, including 183 — close to three race distances — on Wednesday alone.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
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Mark Scaglione, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
The Grizzlies have a whopping 13 first-round picks over the next seven seasons, which is tied with the Brooklyn Nets and Oklahoma City Thunder.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Swift has earned a whopping 58 Grammy nods over the course of her career.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli managed a whopping 500 laps over three days, including 183 — close to three race distances — on Wednesday alone.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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whopping
adjective
whop·ping
ˈhwäp-iŋ 
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
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