Synonyms of whopping

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adjective

ˈ(h)wä-piŋ 

as in huge

unusually large

delivered a whopping 10-pound baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huge
• gigantic
• enormous
• vast
• tremendous
• massive
• giant
• colossal
• mammoth
• immense
• astronomical
• monumental
• bumper
• sizable
• monstrous
• big
• titanic
• monster
• mighty
• grand
• mountainous
• humongous
• gargantuan
• mega
• great
• prodigious
• oversize
• jumbo
• cosmic
• considerable
• super
• heroic
• oceanic
• staggering
• elephantine
• planetary
• herculean
• substantial
• galactic
• walloping
• handsome
• hefty
• supersized
• cyclopean
• whacking
• Himalayan
• king-size
• good
• vasty
• major
• supersize
• majestic
• super-duper
• leviathan
• Brobdingnagian
• pharaonic
• extensive
• formidable
• imposing
• gigantesque
• gross
• goodly
• outsize
• voluminous
• infinite
• tidy
• bulky
• stupendous
• overwhelming
• lofty
• overgrown
• hulking
• towering
• largish
• grandiose
• cavernous
• monolithic
• immeasurable
• august
• boundless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tiny
• minuscule
• microscopic
• pocket
• diminutive
• miniature
• micro
• teensy
• infinitesimal
• teeny
• wee
• minute
• little bitty
• bitty
• small
• little
• pygmy
• midget
• puny
• Lilliputian
• smallish
• mini
• petite
• undersized
• teensy-weensy
• teeny-weeny
• bantam
• microminiature
• dinky
• half-pint
• dwarfish
• pint-size

whopping

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verb

variants or whapping

present participle of whop

1

as in overcoming

to defeat by a large margin

despite high hopes, the hometown favorites got whopped again

maybe if that television station replaced its obnoxious news anchor, it wouldn't get consistently whopped in the ratings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overcoming
• whipping
• burying
• throwing
• bombing
• walloping
• beating
• upsetting
• dusting
• topping
• flattening
• trimming
• annihilating
• exceeding
• taking
• mastering
• blowing away
• whomping
• surpassing
• overwhelming
• thrashing
• smothering
• creaming
• routing
• pasting
• clobbering
• smoking
• trouncing
• scoring
• sweeping
• skinning
• shellacking
• drubbing
• tromping
• whupping
• waxing
• running circles around
• capping
• destroying
• conquering
• crushing
• eating alive
• beating the pants off
• skunking
• succeeding
• besting
• wiping the floor with
• surmounting
• snowing under
• dispatching
• eclipsing
• licking
• finishing
• prevailing (over)
• outstripping
• winning (against)
• hurdling
• vanquishing
• slaughtering
• subduing
• outdistancing
• knocking over
• triumphing (over)
• outdoing
• bettering
• transcending
• subjugating
• outshining
• overpowering
• knocking off
• upending
• edging (out)
• overthrowing
• worsting
• excelling
• flourishing
• sinking
• breaking
• overmatching
• overbearing
• overtopping
• pipping
• doing in
• acing (out)
• nosing out
• outfighting

2

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

he called me a name and I whopped him good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licking
• pounding
• hiding
• lashing
• whipping
• beating
• battering
• thumping
• knocking
• slapping
• hitting
• smashing
• pelting
• doing
• punching
• walloping
• attacking
• slamming
• batting
• assaulting
• mauling
• spanking
• chopping
• pummeling
• hammering
• whacking
• bashing
• smacking
• bludgeoning
• working over
• punching out
• thrashing
• drubbing
• roughing (up)
• fibbing
• slating
• slogging
• switching
• belting
• flogging
• lambasting
• buffeting
• messing (up)
• lathering
• raiding
• storming
• currying
• tanning
• clubbing
• paddling
• swiping
• basting
• belaboring
• wounding
• boxing
• whupping
• tromping
• threshing
• cracking
• whaling
• lacing
• rushing
• socking
• swatting
• beating up on
• bunging up
• strapping
• pommeling
• clobbering
• birching
• descending (on or upon)
• whomping
• jumping (on)
• clouting
• thwacking
• busting
• laying on
• pouncing (on or upon)
• pasting
• assailing
• cudgeling
• besetting
• cuffing
• lamming
• whamming
• lacerating
• caning
• maiming
• scourging
• flagellating
• fustigating
• mutilating
• goring
• mangling
• leathering
• blackjacking
• rawhiding
• cowhiding
• pistol-whipping
• horsewhipping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whopping

Adjective

Thanks to an almighty production boom in the region, powered by a whopping 60 percent tax rebate (increasing to 70 percent for projects shot in the Basque language, Euskera), the Basque Country’s film and TV output has never looked so healthy. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

After Coleman's touchdown broke a 13-all tie, Denver's defense, which missed a whopping 28 tackles against the Chiefs in Week 1, forced a punt. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Verb

The new song comes in tandem with the announcement of Odyssey‘s whopping 19-song tracklist, which includes collaborations like Kid Cudi, Zeds Dead and Bring Me the Horizon. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026