humongous

English

Alternative forms

humungous

Etymology

Blend of huge +‎ monstrous.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs/, /ˌhjuːˈmɒŋɡəs/
- (Northern England) IPA^(key): [çu̟ːˈmʊŋɡəs]
- (Southern England) IPA^(key): [ˌçu̟ːˈmɐŋɡəs]
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌŋɡəs

Adjective

humongous (comparative more humongous, superlative most humongous)

(informal) Of an extremely large size.

Synonyms

Translations

extremely large

Dutch: enorm (nl), gigantisch (nl)
Finnish: valtava (fi), suunnaton (fi), jättimäinen (fi)
French: gigantesque (fr), énorme (fr)
German: riesig (de), gigantisch (de)
Greek: θεόρατος (el) (theóratos)
Hungarian: óriási (hu), hatalmas (hu), irdatlan
Italian: gigantesco (it), enorme (it), disumano (it), mastodontico (it)

Latvian: milzīgs, gigantisks
Portuguese: gigantesco (pt)
Russian: огро́мный (ru) (ogrómnyj), гига́нтский (ru) (gigántskij)
Spanish: gigante (es), enorme (es)
Swedish: gigantisk (sv), enorm (sv), mastodontisk, jättelik (sv), kolossal (sv)
Turkish: devasa (tr), kocaman (tr)

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