English Explanatory Dictionary

huge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very large.
  2. Very strong, powerful, or dedicated.
  3. Very interesting, significant, or popular.

Pronunciation

/hjuːd͡ʒ/ [ç(j)u̟ːd͡ʒ] /hjʉwd͡ʒ/ [ç(j)ʉwd͡ʒ] /hjud͡ʒ/ [ç(j)u̟d͡ʒ] en-us-huge.ogg /juːdʒ/ /hjʉdʒ/ [ç(j)ʉd͡ʒ] [hʊu̯dʒ]

Word forms

huge huger more huge hugest most huge hudge

Etymology

From Middle English huge, from Old French ahuge (“high, lofty, great, large, huge”), of unknown origin. One theory derives it from an underlying Old French a hoge (“at height”), from a (“at, to”) + hoge (“a hill, height”), the latter from Frankish *haug or cognate Old Norse haugr (“hill”); both from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“hill, mound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowkós (“hill, mound”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, whence also English high.

Synonyms

great ample big cosmic bodacious broad commodious considerable expansive good-sized full generous giant grand hefty hench immense jumbo larger than life largifical leviathan liberal long massive mega- overlarge outsized oversize oversized prodigious roomy rotund sizeable spacious stonking substantial tall vast voluminous wide astronomic behemothic big fat boxcar Brobdingnagian bulky colossal cyclopean Daniel Lambertish elephantine elephantic enormous gargantuan giantesque gigantesque gigantic gigantuan (colloquial nonstandard)) ginormous great big

Antonyms

tiny small minuscule midget dwarf

Derived words

hugantic hugely hugemongous hugen hugeness hugeous huge page hugesome huge tegu hugy humongous hunormous overhuge superhuge
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