huge
Americanadjective
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extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent.
a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- Antonyms:
- diminutive, tiny, small
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of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless.
the huge genius of Mozart.
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Slang. very important, successful, popular, etc..
The show is huge in Britain.
adjective
Pronunciation
See human.
Synonym Usage
Huge, enormous, immense, tremendous imply great magnitude. Huge implies massiveness, bulkiness, or even shapelessness: a huge mass of rock; a huge collection of antiques. Enormous, literally out of the norm, applies to what exceeds in extent, magnitude, or degree, a norm or standard: an enormous iceberg. Tremendous, in informal use, applies to anything so huge as to be astonishing or to inspire awe: a tremendous amount of equipment. Immense, literally not measurable, is particularly applicable to what is exceedingly great, without reference to a standard: immense buildings. All are used figuratively: a huge success; enormous curiosity; tremendous effort; immense joy.
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Etymology
Origin of huge
First recorded in 1225–75; Middle English huge, hoge from Old French ahuge, ahoge “enormous,” equivalent to a- a- 5 + hoge “height” from Germanic; compare Old Norse haugr “hill” ( see high)
Explanation
Use the adjective huge to describe something that’s really, really big. When your friend throws a huge birthday party and invites everyone she knows, you can finally talk to that cute neighbor you have a huge crush on. Huge is a relative word — there’s no specific degree or size something has to reach before you can say it’s huge. You can eat a huge piece of cake, or go see huge elephants in the zoo. Cake and elephants are both concrete things, but huge can also describe things that aren’t actual objects. For example, you can make a huge difference by volunteering at an animal shelter.
Example Sentences
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This is a huge responsibility that often comes with a lot of surprise costs related to maintenance and upkeep.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
By 2025, with the huge reserves eroding, the county required a first fiscal stabilization plan, which included significant layoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Public health labs and all these groups are always struggling to work with minimal resources, and when there’s a huge influx of tests that need to be run, it becomes an issue.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
"It's very close to Tucuman, which is a huge rugby province. I'd expect a proper rugby crowd," the 48-year-old added.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I was wary about running into Anna May, but luckily James was at the counter, and the huge grin he cracked tempered my uneasiness.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
I’m just going to get bigger and fatter and huger and more menacing if you try and suppress me!’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
But "it could have been huger" if not for tech industry interference.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2023
In an even huger coincidence, Reuters now reports that the EPA has given CVR Energy an exemption from having to buy the credits:
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2018
“But he talked about one bigger and huger than hers. We take him at his word that he’s going to pursue it. We’ll be supportive in any way we can.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2016
Most like a spider she was, but huger than the great hunting beasts, and more terrible than they because of the evil purpose in her remorseless eyes.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
His heart is one of the hugest hearts I've ever seen in my life.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
Oh my God, I’m like the hugest, hugest!
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
“Her U.S. mint recognition, that was one of the hugest, I mean, literally one of the hugest achievements of any Hawaiian, period,” Ms. Kanaka‘ole’s grandson Kuha‘o Zane said.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2023
She also spoke to Davis about motherhood, beauty and why she isn’t the hugest fan of press tours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
At one end of the pool, completely overshadowing it with its branches, there grew the hugest and most beautiful tree that Shasta had ever seen.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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