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| 1. | [ adjective ] above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent | |
| Synonyms: | large | |
| Examples: | "a large city" "set out for the big city" "a large sum" "big businesses" "a big expenditure" "a large number of newspapers" "a big group of scientists" "large areas of the world" |
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| Related terms: | small small great bigger brobdingnagian huge enormous biggest extensive gigantic elephantine massive epic monstrous bulky colossal voluminous ample outsize mountainous broad overlarge full-size large-scale life-size titanic bouffant plumping wide-ranging astronomic humongous wide-ranging massive rangy queen-size cosmic whacking super blown-up hulking capacious volumed king-size deep large-scale biggish macro double man-sized blown-up banner size | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] significant | |
| Examples: | "graduation was a big day in his life" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism important | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of very great significance "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision" | |
| Synonyms: | momentous | |
| Examples: | "a momentous event" |
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| Related terms: | significant | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] conspicuous in position or importance | |
| Synonyms: | prominent large | |
| Examples: | "a big figure in the movement" "big man on campus" "he's very large in financial circles" "a prominent citizen" |
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| Related terms: | conspicuous | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] loud and firm | |
| Examples: | "a big voice" "big bold piano sounds" |
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| Related terms: | loud | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] very intense | |
| Synonyms: | bad | |
| Examples: | "a bad headache" "in a big rage" "had a big (or bad) shock" "a bad earthquake" "a bad storm" |
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| Related terms: | intense | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] prodigious | |
| Synonyms: | heavy | |
| Examples: | "big spender" "big eater" "heavy investor" |
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| Related terms: | intemperate | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] (of animals) fully developed | |
| Synonyms: | full-grown grown adult grownup fully_grown | |
| Examples: | "an adult animal" "a grown woman" |
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| Related terms: | mature | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] (of animals) fully developed | |
| Synonyms: | full-grown grown adult grownup fully_grown | |
| Examples: | "an adult animal" "a grown woman" |
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| Related terms: | animal mature | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] marked by intense physical force | |
| Synonyms: | high | |
| Examples: | "a big wind" |
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| Related terms: | heavy | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] feeling self-importance | |
| Synonyms: | swelled vainglorious | |
| Examples: | "too big for his britches" "had a swelled head" "he was swelled with pride" |
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| Related terms: | proud | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] exhibiting self-importance | |
| Synonyms: | boastful braggy bragging cock-a-hoop crowing self-aggrandizing braggart | |
| Examples: | "big talk" |
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| Related terms: | proud | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] older brother or sister | |
| Synonyms: | older elder | |
| Examples: | "big sister" |
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| Related terms: | little | |
| 14. | [ adjective ] exhibiting self-importance | |
| Synonyms: | boastful braggy self-aggrandizing cock-a-hoop crowing self-aggrandising bragging braggart | |
| Examples: | "big talk" |
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| Related terms: | proud | |
| 15. | [ adjective ] generous and understanding and tolerant | |
| Synonyms: | magnanimous large | |
| Examples: | "a heart big enough to hold no grudges" "that's very big of you to be so forgiving" "a large and generous spirit" "a large heart" "magnanimous toward his enemies" |
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| Related terms: | generous | |
| 16. | [ adverb ] in a boastful manner | |
| Synonyms: | boastfully large vauntingly | |
| Examples: | "he talked big all evening" |
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| Related terms: | boastful | |
| 17. | [ adverb ] extremely well | |
| Examples: | "his performance went over big" |
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| 18. | [ adverb ] on a grand scale | |
| Examples: | "think big" |
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| Related terms: | small | |
| 19. | [ adverb ] in a major way | |
| Examples: | "the play failed big at the box office" |
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| 20. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12681 | |
| 21. | [ adjective ] given or giving freely | |
| Synonyms: | handsome liberal freehanded bounteous giving bountiful openhanded bighearted | |
| Examples: | "was a big tipper" "the bounteous goodness of God" "bountiful compliments" "a freehanded host" "a handsome allowance" "Saturday's child is loving and giving" "a liberal backer of the arts" "a munificent gift" |
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| Related terms: | generous | |
| 22. | [ adjective ] in an advanced stage of pregnancy | |
| Synonyms: | gravid expectant great large heavy with_child enceinte | |
| Examples: | "was big with child" "was great with child" |
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| Related terms: | pregnant | |
| Similar spelling: |
Biggs big_h biz bigeye bize Biss Bish Bise bike Bick Bice bias Bisch Bioko bijou |
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