Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humongous

/ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: hu-mon-gous
IPA: /ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an extremely large size.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Other students make wide detours to avoid the humiliation and fear of being chased and attacked by the humongous numbers of bees in front of Atkinson."
"Solomon had pulled this humongous fish that was bigger than anything weʼd ever seen."
"“Thumbs!” ordered Mr Big. “Do your worst with the boy!” Frank looked on in terror as the man bent back his humongous Thumbs, ready to cause damage. CLICK! CLICK! The henchman pressed them hard into the boy’s ears. Frank felt like his brain was going to burst. “ARGH!” he screamed."

Etymology

Of expressive origin, likely inspired by huge, with the termination of monstrous.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more humongous (comparative) most humongous (superlative) humungous (alternative)

Derived Forms

hugemongous humongoid humongosity humongously humongousness

Synonyms

enormous gigantic ginormous huge immense massive ample big exceeding cosmic bodacious broad

Rhymes With

fungus chungus

Questions

How do you pronounce humongous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs/.
What does humongous mean?: Of an extremely large size.
Where does humongous come from?: Of expressive origin, likely inspired by huge, with the termination of monstrous.

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