a whale of a

ADJECTIVE

big

Synonyms

STRONGEST

colossal considerable enormous fat full gigantic hefty huge immense massive sizable substantial tremendous vast

WEAK

ample awash brimming bulky burly capacious chock-full commodious copious crowded extensive heavy-duty heavyweight hulking humongous husky jumbo mammoth mondo monster oversize packed ponderous prodigious roomy spacious strapping stuffed supercolossal thundering voluminous walloping whopper whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impoverished inconsiderable insignificant little miniature minute poor slight small teeny thin tiny unimportant

WEAK

adolescent baby babyish blah bland dull humble infant infantile itsy juvenile selfish shy unconfident ungenerous ungiving

ADJECTIVE

large-scale

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extensive huge large massive sizable substantial

WEAK

ample awash brimming bulky bull burly capacious chock-full colossal commodious considerable copious crowded enormous fat full gigantic good great healthy heavy-duty heavyweight hefty hulking humongous husky immense jumbo mammoth mondo monster oversize packed ponderous prodigious roomy spacious strapping stuffed supercolossal thundering tremendous vast voluminous walloping whopper whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little miniature short small tiny

Example Sentences

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Your substitute Surge author had a whale of a time in 2022 covering J.R.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2023

The Rams would have to go on a whale of a run to play themselves back into the picture.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

But passion and rationality rarely mix, so here’s the question: Should Mariners fans be upset that their team didn’t land a whale of a free agent during the winter meetings?

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

“He was as different as they came,” Boehner said, “but a good, solid member who did a whale of a job on behalf of Alaska.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

“Ah, you'll have a whale of a time!”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

a whale of a

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