humongous
adjective
hu·mon·gous
hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs 
yü-,
-ˈmäŋ-
variants
or less commonly humungous
: extremely large : huge
a humongous building
humongous amounts of money
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- 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
- whopping
Examples of humongous in a Sentence
a humongous dish of ice cream
I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.
Recent Examples on the Web
Alex Jones’ devastating impact on true narratives and the perception of truth is also something humongous and that has vast repercussions.
—
Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
Swift sits in a giant desk with a humongous pencil to illustrate elementary school.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
Throughout the universe, galaxies collide and combine in unimaginably humongous calamities.
—WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
The iPhone is already a humongous platform for games, which happened even despite things like Apple’s platform fees and restrictions on cloud gaming.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2023
The lead rapidly grew larger than the humongous screen that hangs over the field at AT&T Stadium; larger than the 535,000-acre Texas ranch Rams owner Stan Kroenke purchased in 2016.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
The production lights glared off of Ebert’s humongous eyeglasses.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
The inside is home to a humongous internal 16K-resolution screen, with haptic, audio and temperature features meant to be targeted to each member of the audience during live performances.
—Rebecca Heilweil, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Together the dynamic duo has fueled the most ginormous collective box office weekend of the pandemic era and the fourth most humongous weekend in cinematic history.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
Swift sits in a giant desk with a humongous pencil to illustrate elementary school.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
Throughout the universe, galaxies collide and combine in unimaginably humongous calamities.
—WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
The iPhone is already a humongous platform for games, which happened even despite things like Apple’s platform fees and restrictions on cloud gaming.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2023
The lead rapidly grew larger than the humongous screen that hangs over the field at AT&T Stadium; larger than the 535,000-acre Texas ranch Rams owner Stan Kroenke purchased in 2016.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
The production lights glared off of Ebert’s humongous eyeglasses.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
The inside is home to a humongous internal 16K-resolution screen, with haptic, audio and temperature features meant to be targeted to each member of the audience during live performances.
—Rebecca Heilweil, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
Together the dynamic duo has fueled the most ginormous collective box office weekend of the pandemic era and the fourth most humongous weekend in cinematic history.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
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“Humongous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humongous. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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