big
1. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent (Freq. 107)
- a large city
- set out for the big city
- a large sum
- a big (or large) barn
- a large family
- big businesses
- a big expenditure
- a large number of newspapers
- a big group of scientists
- large areas of the world
• Syn:
large
• Ant:
little, small (for: large)
• Similar to:
ample, sizable, sizeable, astronomic, astronomical,
galactic, bear-sized, bigger, larger, biggish, largish,
blown-up, enlarged, bouffant, puffy, broad, spacious,
wide, bulky, capacious, colossal, prodigious, stupendous,
deep, double, enormous, tremendous, cosmic, elephantine,
gargantuan, giant, jumbo, epic, heroic, larger-than-life,
extensive, extended, gigantic, mammoth, great, grand,
huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian, hulking, hulky,
humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping, king-size,
king-sized, large-mouthed, large-scale, life-size, lifesize, life-sized,
full-size, macroscopic, macroscopical, macro, man-sized, massive,
monolithic, monumental, medium-large, monstrous, mountainous, outsize,
outsized, oversize, oversized, overlarge, too large, plumping,
queen-size, queen-sized, rangy, super, titanic, volumed,
voluminous, whacking, wide-ranging
• Derivationally related forms:
bigness, large (for: large), largeness (for: large)
• Attrubites:
size
2. significant (Freq. 7)
- graduation was a big day in his life
• Similar to:
important, of import
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
3. very intense (Freq. 2)
- a bad headache
- in a big rage
- had a big (or bad) shock
- a bad earthquake
- a bad storm
• Syn:
bad
• Similar to:
intense
• Derivationally related forms:
badness (for: bad)
4. loud and firm (Freq. 2)
- a big voice
- big bold piano sounds
• Similar to:
loud
5. conspicuous in position or importance (Freq. 2)
- a big figure in the movement
- big man on campus
- he's very large in financial circles
- a prominent citizen
• Syn:
large, prominent
• Similar to:
conspicuous
• Derivationally related forms:
prominence (for: prominent)
6. prodigious
- big spender
- big eater
- heavy investor
• Syn:
heavy
• Similar to:
intemperate
7. exhibiting self-importance
- big talk
• Syn:
boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop,
crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
• Similar to:
proud
• Derivationally related forms:
brag (for: braggy), boastfulness (for: boastful)
8. feeling self-importance
- too big for his britches
- had a swelled head
- he was swelled with pride
• Syn:
swelled, vainglorious
• Similar to:
proud
• Derivationally related forms:
vainglory (for: vainglorious)
9. (of animals) fully developed
- an adult animal
- a grown woman
• Syn:
adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
• Similar to:
mature
• Derivationally related forms:
grownup (for: grownup), adult (for: adult)
• Topics:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
10. marked by intense physical force
- a big wind
• Similar to:
heavy
11. generous and understanding and tolerant
- 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
• Syn:
large, magnanimous
• Similar to:
generous
• Derivationally related forms:
magnanimousness (for: magnanimous), magnanimity (for: magnanimous)
12. given or giving freely
- 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
- her fond and openhanded grandfather
• Syn:
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome,
giving, liberal, openhanded
• Similar to:
generous
• Derivationally related forms:
openhandedness (for: openhanded), liberalness (for: liberal), liberality (for: liberal), bountifulness (for: bountiful), bounty (for: bounteous), bounteousness (for: bounteous), bigheartedness (for: bighearted)
13. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- was big with child
- was great with child
• Syn:
enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large,
heavy, with child
• Similar to:
pregnant
• Derivationally related forms:
largeness (for: large), gravidness (for: gravid), gravidity (for: gravid), expect (for: expectant)
1. extremely well (Freq. 1)
- his performance went over big
2. in a boastful manner (Freq. 1)
- he talked big all evening
• Syn:
boastfully, vauntingly, large
• Derived from adjective:
boastful (for: boastfully)
3. on a grand scale
- think big
• Ant:
small
4. in a major way
- the play failed big at the box office
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