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.
Related Words
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.
Other Word Forms
- hugely adverb
- hugeness noun
- overhuge adjective
- overhugely adverb
- overhugeness noun
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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Anastasia Troyanova, a local correspondent for environmental news outlet Kedr, described "a huge cloud of black smoke over the town; it smells of burning".
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Oracle and CoreWeave were also falling —both have huge deals with the ChatGPT owner.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
But occasionally there is a huge difference, and the top of the 1990s internet bubble was one such occasion.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
The U.S. was “the guardian of civilized conduct between nations,” she said to huge applause.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The fan was huge, made of long white ostrich feathers.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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