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Meaning of big in English
Pronunciation
/bɪɡ/
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Classifying Adjective
big
Definitions
1.
significant
Examples
« graduation was a big day in his life »
Synonyms
important
of import
2.
of very great significance
Examples
« deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision »
« a momentous event »
Synonyms
significant
important
3.
conspicuous in position or importance
Examples
« a big figure in the movement »
« big man on campus »
« he's very large in financial circles »
« a prominent citizen »
Synonyms
conspicuous
obvious
4.
very intense
Examples
« a bad headache »
« in a big rage »
« had a big (or bad) shock »
« a bad earthquake »
« a bad storm »
Synonyms
intense
5.
loud and firm
Examples
« a big voice »
« big bold piano sounds »
Synonyms
loud
6.
(of animals) fully developed
Examples
« an adult animal »
« a grown woman »
Synonyms
mature
7.
marked by intense physical force
Examples
« a big wind »
Synonyms
heavy
8.
feeling self-importance
Examples
« too big for his britches »
« had a swelled head »
« he was swelled with pride »
Synonyms
proud
9.
exhibiting self-importance
Examples
« big talk »
Synonyms
proud
10.
generous and understanding and tolerant
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 »
Synonyms
generous
11.
given or giving freely
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 »
« her fond and »
Synonyms
generous
Adverb
big
Definitions
1.
extremely well
Examples
« his performance went over big »
2.
in a boastful manner
Examples
« he talked big all evening »
3.
on a grand scale
Examples
« think big »
Antonyms
small
4.
in a major way
Examples
« the play failed big at the box office »
Qualitative Adjective
big
Etymology
Middle English (in the sense ‘strong, mighty’): of unknown origin
Definitions
1.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Examples
« 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 o »
Synonyms
ample
sizable
sizeable
astronomic
astronomical
galactic
bigger
larger
biggest
greatest
largest
biggish
largish
blown-up
enlarged
bouffant
puffy
bulky
capacious
colossal
prodigious
stupendous
cosmic
deep
double
elephantine
gargantuan
giant
jumbo
enormous
tremendous
epic
heroic
larger-than-life
extensive
extended
gigantic
mammoth
great
hulking
hulky
huge
immense
vast
Brobdingnagian
humongous
banging
thumping
whopping
walloping
king-size
king-sized
large-scale
large-scale
life-size
lifesize
life-sized
full-size
macro
man-sized
massive
monolithic
monumental
massive
monstrous
mountainous
outsize
outsized
oversize
oversized
overlarge
too large
plumping
queen-size
queen-sized
rangy
super
titanic
volumed
voluminous
whacking
wide-ranging
broad
spacious
wide
Antonyms
small
little
small
little