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humongous
adjective hu·mon·gous \hyü-ˈməŋ-gəs, yü-, -ˈmäŋ-\
: very large
Full Definition of HUMONGOUS
: extremely large : huge <a humongous building> <humongous amounts of money>
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Variants of HUMONGOUS
hu·mon·gous also hu·mun·gous \-ˈməŋ-gəs\
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Origin of HUMONGOUS
perhaps alteration of huge + monstrous
First Known Use: circa 1967
Related to HUMONGOUS
- Synonyms
- astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or 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
- Antonyms
- bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
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