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

The big news with the 15 Ultra is the camera, which is once again humongous at 1-inch and can shoot incredible photos. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

That's a bigger battery than the one in the humongous Galaxy S25 Ultra. —Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025

The retirement of future Hall of Famer Aaron Donald left a humongous hole in a unit that had to be rebuilt with first- and second-year players. —Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025

Filtered across the main level are a humongous formal living room with a fireplace and coffered ceiling, a formal dining room, a billiards room with a wet bar, and an office space. —Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of huge + monstrous

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above