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huge

[ hyooj or, often, yooj ]
/ hyudʒ or, often, yudʒ /
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adjective, hug·er, hug·est.

extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless: the huge genius of Mozart.
Slang. very important, successful, popular, etc.: The show is huge in Britain.

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RELATED WORDS

enormous, humongous, tremendous, great, monstrous, magnificent, giant, colossal, immense, monumental, mammoth, massive, gargantuan, towering, gigantic, extensive, vast, bulky, elephantine, gross

Nearby words

  1. huffishly,
  2. huffy,
  3. hufuf,
  4. hug,
  5. hug-me-tight,
  6. hugely,
  7. hugeous,
  8. hugeously,
  9. huggable,
  10. hugger-mugger

Origin of huge

1225–75; Middle English huge, hoge < Old French ahuge, ahoge enormous, equivalent to a- a-5 + hoge height < Germanic; compare Old Norse haugr hill (see high)
SYNONYMS FOR huge
1 mammoth, gigantic, colossal; vast; stupendous; bulky. 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.
ANTONYMS FOR huge
1 small, tiny, diminutive.
Related forms

Pronunciation note

See human.
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British Dictionary definitions for huger

huge

/ (hjuːdʒ) /

adjective

extremely large in size, amount, or scopeArchaic form: hugeous
Derived Formshugeness, noun

Word Origin for huge

C13: from Old French ahuge, of uncertain origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for huger

huge

adj.

mid-12c., apparently a shortening of Old French ahuge, ahoge "extremely large, enormous; mighty, powerful," itself of uncertain origin. Expanded form hugeous is attested from early 15c. Related: Hugeness.

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