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[hyooj or, often, yooj] 
–adjective, hug⋅er, hug⋅est.
| 1. | extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream. |
| 2. | of unbounded extent, scope, or character; limitless: the huge genius of Mozart. |
Origin:
1225–75; ME huge, hoge < OF ahuge, ahoge enormous, equiv. to a- a- 5 + hoge height < Gmc; cf. ON haugr hill (see high )
1225–75; ME huge, hoge < OF ahuge, ahoge enormous, equiv. to a- a- 5 + hoge height < Gmc; cf. ON haugr hill (see high )
Related forms:
hugely, adverb
hugeness, 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.
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.
1. small, tiny, diminutive.
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| huge (hyōōj) adj. hug·er, hug·est
[Middle English, from Old French ahuge.] huge'ly adv., huge'ness n. |
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Huge
Huge\, a. [Compar. Huger; superl. Hugest.] [OE. huge, hoge, OF. ahuge, ahoge.] Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference. "The huge confusion." --Chapman. "A huge filly." --Jer. Taylor. -- Huge"ly, adv. -- Huge"ness, n. Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea. --Shak. Syn: Enormous; gigantic; colossal; immense; prodigious; vast.
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huge
c.1150, apparently aphetic of O.Fr. ahuge "extremely large," of uncertain origin. Expanded form hugeous is attested from 1529.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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