humongous

adjective

hu·​mon·​gous hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs 

yü-,

-ˈmäŋ-

variants or less commonly humungous

hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs 

: 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

Here’s Whether Your December Listens Will Count Though these humongous victories are monumental on the Spotify Charts, two artists that have notably blown up are Charli xcx and Chappell Roan. —Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Dec. 2024

Holiday Gift Ideas of Food from Germany Lebkuchen, Liebchen Anyone who is fond of German baking will adore the humongous Lebkuchen Schmidt Festive Chest 2024, packed with traditional goodies such as stollen, a generous assortment of Lebkuchen, biscuits and more. —Rona Berg, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024

The humongous versions of the stars were reminiscent of the Travis Scott show from 2020, and — much like the Grande concert — the event also weaved in bits of Fortnite’s strange history. —Andrew Webster, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2024

The magic of Macy’s was dulled on Monday after the retailer announced that quarterly sales were down—and one of its former employees had made a humongous accounting error on purpose. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of huge + monstrous

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above