whopping

Other forms of whopping

comparative

whoppinger·

superlative

whoppingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about whopping

What does whopping mean?

whopping means "(used informally) very large". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in whopping?

whopping has 2 syllables: whop-ping. The stress falls on "whop". In IPA it is /ˈwɑpɪŋ/.

What is another word for whopping?

Close synonyms include humongous, banging, thumping, walloping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whopping a common word?

whopping is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.