Synonyms

large

Examples

"a large city" "set out for the big city" "a large sum" "big businesses" "a big expenditure" "a large number of newspapers" "a big group of scientists" "large areas of the world"

Used in print

Paradise lost to the alleged water needs of Texas ' big cities Thursday .

Rep._James_Cotten of Weatherford insisted that a water_development bill passed by the Texas House_of_Representatives was an effort by big cities like Dallas and Fort_Worth to cover_up places like Paradise , a Wise_County hamlet of 250 people .

Over the first five frames , Jack_Fisher , the big righthander who figures to be in_the_middle of Oriole plans for a drive on the 1961 American_League pennant , held the A 's scoreless while yielding three scattered hits .

The big , 22 - year old shortstop , the 1960 American_league `` rookie of the year '' , flew here late this afternoon from Baltimore , signed his contract for an estimated $ 15000 and was a spectator at tonight 's 5 - to 3 loss to Kansas_City - the winless Birds ' sixth setback in_a_row .

Although he never gets to play while the clock is running , he gets a big kick - several every Saturday , in_fact - out of football .

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small small great bigger brobdingnagian huge enormous biggest extensive gigantic elephantine massive epic monstrous bulky colossal voluminous ample outsize mountainous broad overlarge full-size large-scale life-size titanic bouffant plumping wide-ranging astronomic humongous wide-ranging massive rangy queen-size cosmic whacking super blown-up hulking capacious volumed king-size deep large-scale biggish macro double man-sized blown-up banner size

Examples

"graduation was a big day in his life"

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`` I think the big thing about the game was that our kids for the third straight week stayed in there pitching and kept the pressure on .

Willie 's big day revived the running argument about the relative merits of Mays and Mickey_Mantle .

Scherer also had a big night at bat with four hits in five trips including a double , Len_Boehmer also was 4 - for - 5 with two doubles and Dave_Ritchie had a home_run and a triple .

The quantity and quality of water sources is often a big factor in site selection .

She thought she was bigger than we are because she came from Torino '' .

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colloquialism important

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momentous

Examples

"a momentous event"

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Rumor of a big battle spread like a grassfire up the valley .

`` All dey know down dere is it were at Manassas_Junction and it were a big fight '' , the old_man told them .

It had been a big battle , and the Confederate forces had won .

He was awful angry because he 'd thought Ma was going_to do something big , something heroic even , especially for her .

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significant

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prominent large

Examples

"a big figure in the movement" "big man on campus" "he's very large in financial circles" "a prominent citizen"

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This dinner was the start of a new blatancy in the relationship between the gangs and the politicians , which , prior to 1924 , says Pasley , `` had been maintained with more_or_less stealth '' , but which henceforth was marked by these ostentatious gatherings , denounced by a clergyman as `` Belshazzar feasts '' , at which `` politicians fraternized cheek_by_jowl with gangsters , openly , in the big downtown hotels '' .

And you wonder if that is why the little man lost his job and his car and stayed drunk about a year before he straightened_out and moved to St._Louis , where he got to be a big unhappy success .

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conspicuous

Examples

"a big voice" "big bold piano sounds"

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This big , flexible voice with uncommon range has been superbly disciplined .

The penalty for this is noticeable in the big , bold , brilliant , but brassy piano sounds in Melody_and_Percussion_for_Two_Pianos ( SP 44007 ) .

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loud

Synonyms

bad

Examples

"a bad headache" "in a big rage" "had a big (or bad) shock" "a bad earthquake" "a bad storm"

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The big shock everybody had when they found ol Slater and those others done_for .

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intense

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heavy

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"big spender" "big eater" "heavy investor"

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intemperate

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full-grown grown adult grownup fully_grown

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"an adult animal" "a grown woman"

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mature

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full-grown grown adult grownup fully_grown

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"an adult animal" "a grown woman"

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animal mature

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high

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"a big wind"

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heavy

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swelled vainglorious

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"too big for his britches" "had a swelled head" "he was swelled with pride"

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proud

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boastful braggy bragging cock-a-hoop crowing self-aggrandizing braggart

Examples

"big talk"

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proud

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older elder

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"big sister"

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little

Synonyms

boastful braggy self-aggrandizing cock-a-hoop crowing self-aggrandising bragging braggart

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"big talk"

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proud

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magnanimous large

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"

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generous

Synonyms

boastfully large vauntingly

Examples

"he talked big all evening"

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boastful

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"his performance went over big"

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It had gone big with the Hollywood girls when he told them his sister was an editor of Art_and_Apparel .

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"think big"

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small

Examples

"the play failed big at the box office"

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handsome liberal freehanded bounteous giving bountiful openhanded bighearted

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"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"

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generous

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gravid expectant great large heavy with_child enceinte

Examples

"was big with child" "was great with child"

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pregnant