huger; hugest
: very large or extensive: such as
a
: of great size or area
huge buildings
b
: great in scale or degree
a huge deficit
a huge undertaking
They're having a huge sale tomorrow.
The crowds were huge.
Your help made a huge difference.
c
: great in scope or character
a dancer of huge talent
hugely
adverb
hugeness
noun
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- planetary
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
Examples of huge in a Sentence
Renovating the house is a huge undertaking.
The store is having a huge sale tomorrow.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
There weren’t huge numbers of flaws in iOS 18.1, though some users were surprised by the need for a waitlist to be admitted to Apple Intelligence.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
So, there was a huge, interesting, very mysterious story behind this footage, but for whatever reason, from 1967 until 2011, no one had tried to solve it.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Coming off huge success with Barbie, Robbie’s production company has a multiyear first-look feature deal at WB, where her latest film has landed.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Huge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/huge. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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huge
adjective
ˈhyüj 
ˈyüj
1
: of great size or area
2
: of great scale or degree
3
: great in range or character
hugely
adverb
hugeness
noun
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