"humongous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs/, /ˌhjuːˈmɒŋɡəs/, [çu̟ːˈmʊŋɡəs] [Northern-England], [ˌçu̟ːˈmɐŋɡəs] [Southern-England] Audio: en-us-humongous.ogg [US] Forms: more humongous [comparative], most humongous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌŋɡəs Etymology: Blend of huge + monstrous. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|huge|monstrous}} Blend of huge + monstrous Head templates: {{en-adj}} humongous (comparative more humongous, superlative most humongous)
  1. (informal) Of an extremely large size. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Size Synonyms: enormous, gigantic, ginormous, immense, huge, massive, humungous Translations (extremely large): enorm (Dutch), gigantisch (Dutch), grandega (Esperanto), giganta (Esperanto), kolosa (Esperanto), valtava (Finnish), suunnaton (Finnish), jättimäinen (Finnish), énorme (French), gigantesque (French), alarbe [masculine] (Galician), xigantesco [masculine] (Galician), gigantisch (German), riesig (German), γιγαντιαίος (gigantiaíos) (Greek), εξαιρετικός (exairetikós) (Greek), θεόρατος (theóratos) (Greek), óriási (Hungarian), hatalmas (Hungarian), irdatlan (Hungarian), disumano (Italian), enorme (Italian), gigantesco (Italian), mastodontico (Italian), milzīgs (Latvian), gigantisks (Latvian), gigantesco (Portuguese), огро́мный (ogrómnyj) (Russian), гига́нтский (gigántskij) (Russian), gigante (Spanish), enorme (Spanish), gigantisk (Swedish), enorm (Swedish), mastodontisk (Swedish), jättelik (Swedish), kolossal (Swedish), devasa (Turkish), kocaman (Turkish)

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