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big - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
big
Definition
(adj) above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Synonyms
:
large
Example Sentence
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
Definition
(adj) significant
Example Sentence
graduation was a big day in his life
Definition
(adj) very intense
Synonyms
:
bad
Example Sentence
a bad headache
in a big rage
had a big (or bad) shock
a bad earthquake
a bad storm
Definition
(adj) loud and firm
Example Sentence
a big voice
big bold piano sounds
Definition
(adj) conspicuous in position or importance
Synonyms
:
large
,
prominent
Example Sentence
a big figure in the movement
big man on campus
he's very large in financial circles
a prominent citizen
Definition
(adj) prodigious
Synonyms
:
heavy
Example Sentence
big spender
big eater
heavy investor
Definition
(adj) exhibiting self-importance
Synonyms
:
boastful
,
braggart
,
bragging
,
braggy
,
cock-a-hoop
,
crowing
,
self-aggrandising
,
self-aggrandizing
Example Sentence
big talk
Definition
(adj) feeling self-importance
Synonyms
:
swelled
,
vainglorious
Example Sentence
too big for his britches
had a swelled head
he was swelled with pride
Definition
(adj) (of animals) fully developed
Synonyms
:
adult
,
full-grown
,
fully grown
,
grown
,
grownup
Example Sentence
an adult animal
a grown woman
Definition
(adj) marked by intense physical force
Example Sentence
a big wind
Definition
(adj) generous and understanding and tolerant
Synonyms
:
large
,
magnanimous
Example Sentence
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
Definition
(adj) given or giving freely
Synonyms
:
bighearted
,
bounteous
,
bountiful
,
freehanded
,
giving
,
handsome
,
liberal
,
openhanded
Example Sentence
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
Definition
(adj) in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Synonyms
:
enceinte
,
expectant
,
gravid
,
great
,
heavy
,
large
,
with child
Example Sentence
was big with child
was great with child
Definition
(adv) extremely well
Example Sentence
his performance went over big
Definition
(adv) in a boastful manner
Synonyms
:
boastfully
,
large
,
vauntingly
Example Sentence
he talked big all evening
Definition
(adv) on a grand scale
Example Sentence
think big
Definition
(adv) in a major way
Example Sentence
the play failed big at the box office
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