huge
Americanadjective
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huger,
comparative
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hugest
superlative
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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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Watchdog groups focused on fiscal responsibility expressed alarm over the total national debt surpassing a huge milestone in August.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
That means it can cover huge portions of the sky without lengthy pauses between observations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Add to that the huge and highly profitable services business that Cook has expanded which includes app sales and tens of billions of dollars in fees paid by Google.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
He said he felt a huge responsibility to the show's fans to give them a satisfying ending.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The fan was huge, made of long white ostrich feathers.
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
“I don't want anybody to be killed, but in our community it is a huger problem and nobody's talking about it,” the 49-year-old explained.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2018
He leapt into the sky in the form of an eagle even huger and mightier than any he had been before, and he began to beat his wings and flew, faster and ever-faster, toward Asgard.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
It was shocking because it was bringing the hugest commercial world to the underground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
His heart is one of the hugest hearts I've ever seen in my life.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
Well, maybe not the hugest, but I’m pretty pretty up there in terms of Seattle Kraken fan.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
“Which, if you have met James, is not the hugest loss,” Jennings says, as the audience cracks up at the unexpected burn from the mild-mannered trivia king.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2022
“Yeah, I heard about it on MorphoNet. I’m the world’s hugest Morpho fan!”
From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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