Big

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of considerable size, number, quantity, magnitude, or extent; large. See Synonyms at large.
  • adj. Of great force; strong: a big wind; in a big rage.
  • adj. Obsolete Of great strength.
  • adj. Mature or grown-up: big enough to take the bus by herself.
  • adj. Older or eldest. Used especially of a sibling: My big brother is leaving for college next week.
  • adj. Pregnant: big with child.
  • adj. Filled up; brimming over: felt big with love.
  • adj. Having or exercising considerable authority, control, or influence: a big official; a big chief.
  • adj. Conspicuous in position, wealth, or importance; prominent: a big figure in the peace movement.
  • adj. Of great significance; momentous: a big decision; a big victory.
  • adj. Informal Widely liked, used, or practiced; popular: "For public opinion . . . has grown harsh and yuppie-bashing is big” ( Sally Jacobs).
  • adj. Informal Self-important; cocky: You're too big for your own good.
  • adj. Loud and firm; resounding: a big voice.
  • adj. Bountiful; generous: had a big heart.
  • ad. In a pretentious or boastful way: talked big about the new job.
  • ad. Informal With considerable success: made it big with their recent best-selling album.
  • ad. Informal In a thorough or unmistakable way; emphatically: failed big at the box office.
  • idiom. big on Enthusiastic about; partial to: "The Japanese are big on ranking things and deciding which is Number One” ( James Fallows).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of great size, large.
  • adj. Thought to have undue influence.
  • adj. Popular.
  • adj. Adult.
  • adj. Fat.
  • adj. Important or significant.
  • adj. Enthusiastic (about).
  • adj. Mature, conscientious, principled.
  • adj. Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
  • ad. In a loud manner.
  • ad. In a boasting manner.
  • ad. In a large amount or to a large extent.
  • ad. On a large scale, expansively
  • ad. Hard.
  • n. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
  • n. The big leagues, big time.
  • v. To praise or recommend
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
  • adj. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
  • adj. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
  • n. Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.
  • v. To build.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of great strength or power.
  • Having great size; large in bulk or magnitude, absolutely or relatively.
  • Great with young; pregnant; ready to give birth; hence, figuratively, full of something important; ready to produce; teeming.
  • . Distended; full, as of grief, passion, courage, determination, goodness, etc.
  • . Tumid; inflated, as with pride; hence, haughty in air or mien, or indicating haughtiness; pompous; proud; boastful: as, big looks; big words.
  • . Great as regards influence, standing, wealth, etc.
  • Synonyms Large, etc. (see great), bulky, huge, massive.
  • 5. Lofty, pompous, arrogant, important.
  • . To inhabit; occupy.
  • 2. Reflexively, to locate one's self.
  • 3. To build; erect; fashion.
  • To dwell; have a dwelling.
  • n. A kind of winter barley cultivated in northern Europe, especially in Scotland; properly, four-rowed barley, Hordeum vulgare, inferior to but hardier than H. hexastichon, of which it is sometimes called a variety. See bear.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. loud and firm
  • adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
  • adj. prodigious
  • ad. in a boastful manner
  • adj. conspicuous in position or importance
  • adj. exhibiting self-importance
  • adj. given or giving freely
  • adj. (of animals) fully developed
  • adj. generous and understanding and tolerant
  • adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
  • adj. feeling self-importance
  • ad. extremely well
  • adj. very intense
  • adj. significant
  • ad. in a major way
  • ad. on a grand scale
  • adj. marked by intense physical force
  • Equivalent
    loud    overlarge    hulking    walloping    macroscopical    jumbo    capacious    large-mouthed    outsize    life-sized   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    bigger    biggest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    massive    great    gross    bulky    large    pregnant    swelling    build    major league   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Whig    brig    dig    fig    gig    jig    pig    pigg    prig    renege   
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    large    old    tall    head    holy    much    upper    enough    great    young