Meaning & use

humongous

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extremely large; enormous.

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They built a humongous sandcastle that towered over the other kids' work.

The company reported a humongous profit this quarter.

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An informal word, best suited for casual speech and writing rather than formal contexts.

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enormousgigantichuge

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