big

• (a) above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
  • 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 of scientists
  • large areas of the world
  large,
• (r) extremely well
  • his performance went over big
• (r) in a boastful manner
  • he talked big all evening
  boastfully, vauntingly, large,
• (s) significant
  • graduation was a big day in his life
• (s) very intense
  • a bad headache
  • in a big rage
  • had a big (or bad) shock
  • a bad earthquake
  • a bad storm
  bad,
• (r) on a grand scale
  • think big
• (s) loud and firm
  • a big voice
  • big bold piano sounds
• (r) in a major way
  • the play failed big at the box office
• (s) conspicuous in position or importance
  • a big figure in the movement
  • big man on campus
  • he's very large in financial circles
  • a prominent citizen
  prominent, large,
• (s) prodigious
  • big spender
  • big eater
  • heavy investor
  heavy,
• (s) exhibiting self-importance
  • big talk
  boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing,
• (s) feeling self-importance
  • too big for his britches
  • had a swelled head
  • he was swelled with pride
  swelled, vainglorious,
• (s) (of animals) fully developed
  • an adult animal
  • a grown woman
  adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup,
• (s) marked by intense physical force
  • a big wind
• (s) generous and understanding and tolerant
  • 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
  magnanimous, large,
• (s) given or giving freely
  • 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 openhanded grandfather
  bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, giving, openhanded, freehanded, handsome, liberal,
• (s) in an advanced stage of pregnancy
  • was big with child
  • was great with child
  enceinte, gravid, with child, expectant, great, large, heavy,

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