huge
∞
1.0
- adjective
- /hjuːdʒ/
:
enorme
- The elephant is a huge animal that can weigh up to several tons.
- a huge success
- a huge increase
- a huge number
I mean, front to back, this thing is just one huge human tragedy.
- I mean, front to back, this thing is just one huge human tragedy.
- And I have realized that there is a huge flaw in that.
- And that was the fear of that was a huge motivator.
- And then directly off the drop off were these huge like concrete blocks.
- All right, man, we had a huge, huge weekend.
- Debt leverage buyouts put huge debt on the club.
Examples
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Your support is a huge part of the team's success.
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There's a huge story here!
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So this was really a huge, huge project.
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So we're in this huge room in the grand.
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I mean, the screen is huge, you see.
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Several of our client companies tell us STEP has made a huge difference to them.
Academic text (2011) -
Is it played against a huge historical event, or is it more private and domestic?
Academic text (2011) -
Parental substance abuse remains a huge factor when it comes to putting children at risk in the UK.
Academic text (2011) -
The huge dome that you see behind me... is called the containment and houses the nuclear fuel.
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The tyrannosaur had turned its back to him, the huge tail swinging through the air.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Larger than usual in size or amount
∞
1.0
Bigger than average in size, number, or amount
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1.0
Very large in size or number
940
2.9
Very large and impressive in scale
878
1.0
Very large in size
842
2.1
Very large in size, amount, or effect
794
3.0
Very large or impressive
721
2.1
Very large in size or amount
141
3.7
Very large in size, amount, or degree
139
3.2
Very large, much bigger than normal
65
3.8
Very large and affecting many people or places
64
3.7
Quite large in size or amount
55
4.7
So large in size or amount that it causes great surprise
45
4.1
Being large in amount and often expensive
37
3.6
Very large in size, much bigger than normal
30
5.6
Very large in amount or size
21
4.5
Very large in size or amount, much bigger than normal
19
7.3
Very large, much bigger than usual
15
3.3
Very large and much bigger than usual
12
4.6
Much larger than is usual for that kind
9
3.9
Very large in size, amount, or importance
5
3.9
Very large in size or amount
3
4.4
Much larger than usual for its kind
Very large, like something from a story about giants
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Etymology
Huge comes from Old French and once meant 'mighty' or 'terrifying', like something so big it could scare people. That's why today huge still carries the idea of being 'extremely large'.