whopping
adjective
, ˈwä-\
Definition of whopping
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Synonyms & Antonyms for whopping
Synonyms
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking
Antonyms
bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
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Utah goes the furthest, with a new law that establishes a whopping 18 categories. — Rob Kuznia, Washington Post, "As hate crime laws expand, who to exclude as victims?," 12 Sep. 2019 In remarks caught on a live microphone after a panel vote on the whopping defense measure Durbin implored Shelby to work with him to stop Trump’s border wall maneuvering. — BostonGlobe.com, "Democrats will try to block Trump’s border wall maneuver - The Boston Globe," 11 Sep. 2019 There is a whopping five-game set at Washington looming, plus the quirk of five September interleague games against Boston and Cleveland. — Mark Faller, azcentral, "Arizona Diamondbacks have a friend in their schedule in wild-card race," 3 Sep. 2019 From there, the pursuit is more nuanced: Turn that initial shock and awe brought on by the whopping price into genuine interest in a product or restaurant, then pivot that interest into sales. — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, "Bay Briefing: ‘Very tragic’ boat fire off Southern California shoreline," 3 Sep. 2019 Mark gets paid a whopping $525,000 per episode for NCIS, according to the Observer. — Megan Stein, Country Living, "Mark Harmon Has a Massive Net Worth From His Many Years on 'NCIS'," 17 Aug. 2019 The House of Representatives voted to condemn the BDS movement in a whopping 398-17 vote last month. — Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, "'Watershed moment': Israel critics seize on Trump-Netanyahu bromance after travel ban," 16 Aug. 2019 From there, the pursuit is more nuanced: Turn that initial shock and awe brought on by the whopping price into genuine interest in a product, then pivot that interest into sales. — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, "Fare game: $100 coffee, $50 burgers juice up media hype for Bay Area establishments," 29 Aug. 2019 Each team must donate $100 to put into the collective pot, and whoever wins, will have a whopping $2400 donated to their charity. — Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com, "Things to do in Chicago today | Aug. 27," 27 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'whopping.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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whopping
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