Definitions for big

Definitions for (adj) big

Main entry: big, with child, large, heavy, gravid, great, enceinte, expectant

Definition: in an advanced stage of pregnancy

Usage: was big with child; was great with child


Main entry: big, prominent, large

Definition: conspicuous in position or importance

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


Main entry: big, bighearted, freehanded, openhanded, bounteous, bountiful, giving, handsome, liberal

Definition: given or giving freely

Usage: 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


Main entry: big, magnanimous, large

Definition: generous and understanding and tolerant

Usage: 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


Main entry: big

Definition: marked by intense physical force

Usage: a big wind


Main entry: big

Definition: significant

Usage: graduation was a big day in his life


Main entry: large, big

Definition: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

Usage: 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


Main entry: big

Definition: loud and firm

Usage: a big voice; big bold piano sounds


Main entry: grown, grownup, full-grown, fully grown, big, adult

Definition: (of animals) fully developed

Usage: an adult animal; a grown woman


Main entry: bad, big

Definition: very intense

Usage: a bad headache; in a big rage; had a big (or bad) shock; a bad earthquake; a bad storm


Main entry: big, vainglorious, swelled

Definition: feeling self-importance

Usage: too big for his britches; had a swelled head; he was swelled with pride


Main entry: braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, boastful, crowing, big, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing

Definition: exhibiting self-importance

Usage: big talk


Main entry: heavy, big

Definition: prodigious

Usage: big spender; big eater; heavy investor


Definitions for (adv) big

Main entry: vauntingly, boastfully, big, large

Definition: in a boastful manner

Usage: he talked big all evening


Main entry: big

Definition: in a major way

Usage: the play failed big at the box office


Main entry: big

Definition: on a grand scale

Usage: think big


Main entry: big

Definition: extremely well

Usage: his performance went over big


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