BIG as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • conspicuous in position or importance
   Synonym(s)
   • large (what does large mean?)
   • prominent (what does prominent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a big figure in the movement
   • big man on campus
   • he’’s very large in financial circles
   • a prominent citizen
   Similar To
   • conspicuous (what does conspicuous mean?)
   • obvious (what does obvious mean?)
2. Meaning
   • given or giving freely
   Synonym(s)
   • bighearted (what does bighearted mean?)
   • bounteous (what does bounteous mean?)
   • bountiful (what does bountiful mean?)
   • freehanded (what does freehanded mean?)
   • giving (what does giving mean?)
   • handsome (what does handsome mean?)
   • liberal (what does liberal mean?)
   • openhanded (what does openhanded mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • generous (what does generous mean?)
3. Meaning
   • generous and understanding and tolerant
   Synonym(s)
   • large (what does large mean?)
   • magnanimous (what does magnanimous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • generous (what does generous mean?)
4. Meaning
   • marked by intense physical force
   Usage Example(s)
   • a big wind
   Similar To
   • heavy (what does heavy mean?)
5. Meaning
   • significant
   Usage Example(s)
   • graduation was a big day in his life
   Similar To
   • important (what does important mean?)
   • of import (what does of import mean?)
6. Meaning
   • above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
   Synonym(s)
   • large (what does large mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Antonym(s)
   • small (what does small mean?)
   • little (what does little mean?)
   • small (what does small mean?)
   • little (what does little mean?)
   Similar To
   • ample (what does ample mean?)
   • sizable (what does sizable mean?)
   • sizeable (what does sizeable mean?)
   • astronomic (what does astronomic mean?)
   • astronomical (what does astronomical mean?)
   • galactic (what does galactic mean?)
   • bigger (what does bigger mean?)
   • larger (what does larger mean?)
   • biggest (what does biggest mean?)
   • greatest (what does greatest mean?)
   • largest (what does largest mean?)
   • biggish (what does biggish mean?)
   • largish (what does largish mean?)
   • blown-up (what does blown-up mean?)
   • enlarged (what does enlarged mean?)
   • bouffant (what does bouffant mean?)
   • puffy (what does puffy mean?)
   • bulky (what does bulky mean?)
   • capacious (what does capacious mean?)
   • colossal (what does colossal mean?)
   • prodigious (what does prodigious mean?)
   • stupendous (what does stupendous mean?)
   • cosmic (what does cosmic mean?)
   • deep (what does deep mean?)
   • double (what does double mean?)
   • elephantine (what does elephantine mean?)
   • gargantuan (what does gargantuan mean?)
   • giant (what does giant mean?)
   • jumbo (what does jumbo mean?)
   • enormous (what does enormous mean?)
   • tremendous (what does tremendous mean?)
   • epic (what does epic mean?)
   • heroic (what does heroic mean?)
   • larger-than-life (what does larger-than-life mean?)
   • extensive (what does extensive mean?)
   • extended (what does extended mean?)
   • gigantic (what does gigantic mean?)
   • mammoth (what does mammoth mean?)
   • great (what does great mean?)
   • hulking (what does hulking mean?)
   • hulky (what does hulky mean?)
   • huge (what does huge mean?)
   • immense (what does immense mean?)
   • vast (what does vast mean?)
   • Brobdingnagian (what does Brobdingnagian mean?)
   • humongous (what does humongous mean?)
   • banging (what does banging mean?)
   • thumping (what does thumping mean?)
   • whopping (what does whopping mean?)
   • walloping (what does walloping mean?)
   • king-size (what does king-size mean?)
   • king-sized (what does king-sized mean?)
   • large-scale (what does large-scale mean?)
   • large-scale (what does large-scale mean?)
   • life-size (what does life-size mean?)
   • lifesize (what does lifesize mean?)
   • life-sized (what does life-sized mean?)
   • full-size (what does full-size mean?)
   • macro (what does macro mean?)
   • man-sized (what does man-sized mean?)
   • massive (what does massive mean?)
   • monolithic (what does monolithic mean?)
   • monumental (what does monumental mean?)
   • massive (what does massive mean?)
   • monstrous (what does monstrous mean?)
   • mountainous (what does mountainous mean?)
   • outsize (what does outsize mean?)
   • outsized (what does outsized mean?)
   • oversize (what does oversize mean?)
   • oversized (what does oversized mean?)
   • overlarge (what does overlarge mean?)
   • too large (what does too large mean?)
   • plumping (what does plumping mean?)
   • queen-size (what does queen-size mean?)
   • queen-sized (what does queen-sized mean?)
   • rangy (what does rangy mean?)
   • super (what does super mean?)
   • titanic (what does titanic mean?)
   • volumed (what does volumed mean?)
   • voluminous (what does voluminous mean?)
   • whacking (what does whacking mean?)
   • wide-ranging (what does wide-ranging mean?)
   • broad (what does broad mean?)
   • spacious (what does spacious mean?)
   • wide (what does wide mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • size (what does size mean?)
7. Meaning
   • loud and firm
   Usage Example(s)
   • a big voice
   • big bold piano sounds
   Similar To
   • loud (what does loud mean?)
8. Meaning
   • (of animals) fully developed
   Synonym(s)
   • adult (what does adult mean?)
   • full-grown (what does full-grown mean?)
   • fully grown (what does fully grown mean?)
   • grown (what does grown mean?)
   • grownup (what does grownup mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an adult animal
   • a grown woman
   Similar To
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
9. Meaning
   • very intense
   Synonym(s)
   • bad (what does bad mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a bad headache
   • in a big rage
   • had a big (or bad) shock
   • a bad earthquake
   • a bad storm
   Similar To
   • intense (what does intense mean?)
10. Meaning
    • feeling self-importance
    Synonym(s)
    • swelled (what does swelled mean?)
    • vainglorious (what does vainglorious mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • too big for his britches
    • had a swelled head
    • he was swelled with pride
    Similar To
    • proud (what does proud mean?)
11. Meaning
    • exhibiting self-importance
    Synonym(s)
    • boastful (what does boastful mean?)
    • braggart(a) (what does braggart(a) mean?)
    • bragging(a) (what does bragging(a) mean?)
    • braggy (what does braggy mean?)
    • cock-a-hoop (what does cock-a-hoop mean?)
    • crowing (what does crowing mean?)
    • self-aggrandising (what does self-aggrandising mean?)
    • self-aggrandizing (what does self-aggrandizing mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • big talk
    Similar To
    • proud (what does proud mean?)
12. Meaning
    • of very great significance
    Synonym(s)
    • momentous (what does momentous mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision
    • a momentous event
    Similar To
    • significant (what does significant mean?)
    • important (what does important mean?)

BIG as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • in a boastful manner
   Synonym(s)
   • boastfully (what does boastfully mean?)
   • large (what does large mean?)
   • vauntingly (what does vauntingly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he talked big all evening
   Pertainym(s)
   • boastful (what does boastful mean?)
   • braggart(a) (what does braggart(a) mean?)
   • bragging(a) (what does bragging(a) mean?)
   • braggy (what does braggy mean?)
   • big (what does big mean?)
   • cock-a-hoop (what does cock-a-hoop mean?)
   • crowing (what does crowing mean?)
   • self-aggrandizing (what does self-aggrandizing mean?)
   • self-aggrandising (what does self-aggrandising mean?)
2. Meaning
   • in a major way
   Usage Example(s)
   • the play failed big at the box office
3. Meaning
   • on a grand scale
   Usage Example(s)
   • think big
   Antonym(s)
   • small (what does small mean?)
4. Meaning
   • extremely well
   Usage Example(s)
   • his performance went over big