| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | bih'g |
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| Rhymes | bigwig, brig, Danzig, and 20 more rhymes in ihg at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent. |
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| Examples | "set out for the big city"; "a big (or large) barn"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a big group of scientists" |
| Synonyms | large |
| Attribute of | size |
| Similar | ample, sizable, sizeable; astronomic, astronomical, galactic; bigger, larger; biggest, greatest, largest; 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; huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian; hulking, hulky; 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 |
| See also | tall |
| Contrary | small, little |
| Meaning | Significant. |
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| Examples | "graduation was a big day in his life" |
| Similar to | important, of import |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | Of very great significance. |
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| Examples | "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision" |
| Synonyms | momentous |
| Similar to | significant, important |
| Meaning | Conspicuous in position or importance. |
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| Examples | "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus" |
| Synonyms | large, prominent |
| Similar to | conspicuous, obvious |
| Meaning | Very intense. |
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| Examples | "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock" |
| Synonyms | bad |
| Similar to | intense |
| Meaning | Loud and firm. |
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| Examples | "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds" |
| Similar to | loud |
| Meaning | Prodigious. |
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| Examples | "big spender"; "big eater" |
| Synonyms | heavy |
| Similar to | intemperate |
| Meaning | (of animals) fully developed. |
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| Synonyms | adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup |
| Category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
| Similar to | mature |
| Meaning | Marked by intense physical force. |
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| Examples | "a big wind" |
| Similar to | heavy |
| Meaning | Feeling self-importance. |
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| Examples | "too big for his britches" |
| Synonyms | swelled, vainglorious |
| Similar to | proud |
| Meaning | Older brother or sister. |
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| Examples | "big sister" |
| Synonyms | elder, older |
| Contrary | little, younger |
| Meaning | Exhibiting self-importance. |
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| Examples | "big talk" |
| Synonyms | boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising |
| Similar to | proud |
| Meaning | Generous and understanding and tolerant. |
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| Examples | "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving" |
| Synonyms | large, magnanimous |
| Similar to | generous |
| Meaning | Given or giving freely. |
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| Examples | "was a big tipper" |
| Synonyms | bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded |
| Similar to | generous |
| Meaning | In an advanced stage of pregnancy. |
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| Examples | "was big with child" |
| Synonyms | enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child |
| Similar to | pregnant |
| Meaning | Extremely well. |
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| Examples | "his performance went over big" |
| Meaning | In a boastful manner. |
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| Examples | "he talked big all evening" |
| Synonyms | boastfully, vauntingly, large |
| Meaning | On a grand scale. |
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| Examples | "think big" |
| Contrary | small |
| Meaning | In a major way. |
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| Examples | "the play failed big at the box office" |