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[ adjective ] above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Synonyms 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" |
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[ adjective ] significant
Examples "graduation was a big day in his life" |
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[ adjective ] of very great significance "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"
Synonyms Examples "a momentous event" |
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[ adjective ] loud and firm
Examples "a big voice" "big bold piano sounds" |
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[ adjective ] very intense
Synonyms Examples "a bad headache" "in a big rage" "had a big (or bad) shock" "a bad earthquake" "a bad storm" |
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[ adjective ] (of animals) fully developed
Synonyms Examples "an adult animal" "a grown woman" |
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[ adjective ] (of animals) fully developed
Synonyms Examples "an adult animal" "a grown woman" |
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[ adjective ] feeling self-importance
Synonyms Examples "too big for his britches" "had a swelled head" "he was swelled with pride" |
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[ adjective ] exhibiting self-importance
Examples "big talk" |
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[ adjective ] exhibiting self-importance
Examples "big talk" |
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[ adjective ] generous and understanding and tolerant
Synonyms 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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[ adverb ] in a boastful manner
Synonyms Examples "he talked big all evening" |
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[ adverb ] extremely well
Examples "his performance went over big" |
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[ adverb ] on a grand scale
Examples "think big" |
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[ adverb ] in a major way
Examples "the play failed big at the box office" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12681
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[ adjective ] 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" |
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