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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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Here's a huge price drop on a very capable convertible Chromebook.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
It could well be forced into a surrender involving Putin annexing huge swaths of its territory, as well as promising never to join NATO.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
But many leaders in Indian Country view the president’s apology as a huge step forward even if it was done with political overtones.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Huge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/huge. Accessed 22 Nov. 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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