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huge

[hyooj or, often, yooj]
adjective, hug·er, hug·est.
  1. extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
  2. of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless: the huge genius of Mozart.
  3. Slang. very important, successful, popular, etc.: The show is huge in Britain.
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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)
Related formshuge·ly, adverbhuge·ness, nouno·ver·huge, adjectiveo·ver·huge·ly, adverbo·ver·huge·ness, noun

Synonyms

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

1. small, tiny, diminutive.

Pronunciation note

See human.
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Related Words

enormoushumongoustremendousgreatmonstrousmagnificentgiantcolossalimmensemonumentalmammothmassivegargantuantoweringgiganticextensivevastbulkyelephantinegross

Examples from the Web for huger

Historical Examples

  • Bollman leaps from his horse and throws the bridle to Huger.

    Lafayette

    Martha Foote Crow

  • Huger lifted him up and then started off to recover the horse.

    Lafayette

    Martha Foote Crow

  • Charleston was the next stopping-place; this was the home of the Huger family.

    Lafayette

    Martha Foote Crow

  • What is huger or more formidable in appearance than the elephant?

  • For Captain Huger was as tender and as kind to him as his own dear father.

    A Confederate Girl's Diary

    Sarah Margan Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for huger

huge

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

Word Origin

C13: from Old French ahuge, of uncertain origin
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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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