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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Lots of parents successfully use the CMS, but when the system fails the consequences can be huge for parents and children.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
That is because a huge swath of their coming financial obligations aren’t reflected on their balance sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The sharks have huge fins that are desirable in some parts of the world, they don’t fare well if caught accidentally and released and are facing “extreme declines” due to overfishing, Talwar said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I think that’s a huge part of it,” Infante said when I asked how much economics has shaped the narrative around Gen Z and alcohol.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
We were near one edge of the huge camp here, close enough to the outer wall to see the triple row of electric wires running along the top.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
Because it’s a big huge store that wants to be bigger and huger, you can also stream TV shows and buy Amazon-branded personal gadgets and Amazon-branded home-security devices.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
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
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
And even though he starred in one of Hollywood’s hugest blockbusters, it takes a certain kind of confidence to share the spotlight with a dinosaur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Yes, and one of his hugest departures was making Robert Downey Jr. play four characters – five by the end.
From Salon ● May 27, 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
And there was the hugest, roundest stove they ever saw in all their lives.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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