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English adjective: big | |||
| 1. | big above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | large | ||
| Similar | ample, astronomic, astronomical, banging, bear-sized, bigger, biggish, blown-up, bouffant, broad, Brobdingnagian, bulky, capacious, colossal, cosmic, deep, double, elephantine, enlarged, enormous, epic, extended, extensive, full-size, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, grand, great, heroic, huge, hulking, hulky, humongous, immense, jumbo, king-size, king-sized, large-mouthed, large-scale, large-scale, larger, larger-than-life, largish, life-size, life-sized, lifesize, macro, macroscopic, macroscopical, mammoth, man-sized, massive, massive, medium-large, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, outsized, overlarge, oversize, oversized, plumping, prodigious, puffy, queen-size, queen-sized, rangy, sizable, sizeable, spacious, stupendous, super, thumping, titanic, too large, tremendous, vast, volumed, voluminous, walloping, whacking, whopping, wide, wide-ranging | ||
| Attribute | size | ||
| Antonyms | little, small | ||
| 2. | big significant | ||
| Samples | Graduation was a big day in his life. | ||
| Similar | important, of import | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| Antonyms | unimportant | ||
| 3. | big very intense | ||
| Samples | A bad headache. In a big rage. Had a big (or bad) shock. A bad earthquake. A bad storm. | ||
| Synonyms | bad | ||
| Similar | intense | ||
| Antonyms | mild | ||
| 4. | big loud and firm | ||
| Samples | A big voice. Big bold piano sounds. | ||
| Similar | loud | ||
| Antonyms | soft | ||
| 5. | big conspicuous in position or importance | ||
| Samples | A big figure in the movement. Big man on campus. He's very large in financial circles. A prominent citizen. | ||
| Synonyms | large, prominent | ||
| Similar | conspicuous | ||
| Antonyms | inconspicuous, invisible | ||
| 6. | big prodigious | ||
| Samples | Big spender. Big eater. Heavy investor. | ||
| Synonyms | heavy | ||
| Similar | intemperate | ||
| Antonyms | temperate | ||
| 7. | big exhibiting self-importance | ||
| Samples | Big talk. | ||
| Synonyms | boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing | ||
| Similar | proud | ||
| Antonyms | humble | ||
| 8. | big feeling self-importance | ||
| Samples | Too big for his britches. Had a swelled head. He was swelled with pride. | ||
| Synonyms | swelled, vainglorious | ||
| Similar | proud | ||
| Antonyms | humble | ||
| 9. | big (of animals) fully developed | ||
| Samples | An adult animal. A grown woman. | ||
| Synonyms | adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup | ||
| Similar | mature | ||
| Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
| Antonyms | immature | ||
| 10. | big marked by intense physical force | ||
| Samples | A big wind. | ||
| Similar | heavy | ||
| Antonyms | light | ||
| 11. | big generous and understanding and tolerant | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | large, magnanimous | ||
| Similar | generous | ||
| Antonyms | meanspirited, ungenerous | ||
| 12. | big given or giving freely | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded | ||
| Similar | generous | ||
| Antonyms | stingy, ungenerous | ||
| 13. | big in an advanced stage of pregnancy | ||
| Samples | Was big with child. Was great with child. | ||
| Synonyms | enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child | ||
| Similar | pregnant | ||
| Antonyms | nonpregnant | ||
English adverb: big | |||
| 1. | big extremely well | ||
| Samples | His performance went over big. | ||
| 2. | big in a boastful manner | ||
| Samples | He talked big all evening. | ||
| Synonyms | boastfully, large, vauntingly | ||
| 3. | big on a grand scale | ||
| Samples | Think big. | ||
| Antonyms | small | ||
| 4. | big in a major way | ||
| Samples | The play failed big at the box office. | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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