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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Being able to name-drop a well-known brand is a huge draw for people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The wondrous Beauden Barrett sliced through following huge work from his pack; on the face it simple, but in reality, complex and beautiful.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Also noteworthy from the company’s third-quarter results were big revenue and earnings gains for the company’s railroad unit, BNSF, and a drop in profits for its huge insurance group.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Another rule he’s jettisoned is to sell any stock that hits your price target within a set time frame, especially after a huge run-up.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
The kids we saw earlier are climbing a huge tree, racing to see which one of them can get higher.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
I have never heard a huger howl of laughter than when seeing this at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in the mid eighties.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2020
“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
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
She is one of the hugest gamers that I know to this day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
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
We'll happily shout it from the rooftops: We're the hugest fans of chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2022
It was under the hugest oak tree Marly had even seen in all her life.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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