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HUMONGOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does humongous mean?
• HUMONGOUS (adjective)
The adjective HUMONGOUS has 1 sense:
1. (used informally) very large
Familiarity information: HUMONGOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used informally) very large
Synonyms:
banging; humongous; thumping; walloping; whopping
Context example:
a thumping loss
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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