huge

[hyooj or, often, yooj] /hyudʒ or, often, yudʒ/

adjective, huger, hugest.

extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent:

a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.

of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless:

the huge genius of Mozart.

Origin

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 forms

hugely, adverb

hugeness, noun

overhuge, adjective

overhugely, adverb

overhugeness, 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.

Examples from the web for huge

Each is fitted with a roof for shade, a large motor on deck and a huge suction pipe running from the stern into the water.
Attempts at large projects have more often than not resulted in a huge wastage of resources.
The weatherman is predicting a huge snowstorm for this day.
I'm a huge fan of children's literature.
The main argument was over what to do with the federal government's huge budget surplus.
It's hard to imagine even these huge snakes capturing and killing such big crocodiles.
The rooms are huge and loftlike, with high ceilings.
On paper the benefits look huge.
Saguaros crowd the slopes and huge boulders fill the canyon bottom, where a seasonal stream runs.
As the dragon charged it released huge clouds of hissing steam through its nostrils.

British Dictionary definitions for huge

huge

/hjuːdʒ/

adjective

extremely large in size, amount, or scope Archaic form hugeous

Derived Forms

hugeness, noun

Word Origin

C13: from Old French ahuge, of uncertain origin

Word Origin and History for 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.