Synonyms of big

Adjective


1. large (vs. small), big (vs. little), ample, sizable, sizeable, astronomic, astronomical, galactic, bear-sized, bigger, larger, biggish, largish, blown-up, enlarged, bouffant, puffy, broad, spacious, wide, bulky, capacious, colossal, prodigious, stupendous, deep, double, enormous, tremendous, cosmic, elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo, epic, heroic, larger-than-life, extensive, extended, gigantic, mammoth, great, grand, huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian, hulking, hulky, humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping, king-size, king-sized, large-mouthed, large-scale, large-scale, life-size, lifesize, life-sized, full-size, macroscopic, macroscopical, macro, man-sized, massive, monolithic, monumental, massive, medium-large, monstrous, mountainous, outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized, overlarge, too large, plumping, queen-size, queen-sized, rangy, super, titanic, volumed, voluminous, whacking, wide-ranging

usage: 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"

2. big, important (vs. unimportant), of import

usage: significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"

3. bad, big, intense (vs. mild)

usage: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"

4. big, loud (vs. soft)

usage: loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"

5. big, large, prominent, conspicuous (vs. inconspicuous)

usage: 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"

6. big(prenominal), heavy(prenominal), intemperate (vs. temperate)

usage: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"

7. boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising, proud (vs. humble)

usage: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk"

8. big, swelled, vainglorious, proud (vs. humble)

usage: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"

9. adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup, mature (vs. immature)

usage: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"

10. big, heavy (vs. light)

usage: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"

11. big, large, magnanimous, generous (vs. ungenerous)

usage: 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"

12. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded, generous (vs. stingy)

usage: 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"

13. big(predicate), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(predicate), large(predicate), heavy(predicate), with child(predicate), pregnant (vs. nonpregnant)

usage: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"

Adverb


1. big

usage: extremely well; "his performance went over big"

2. boastfully, vauntingly, big, large

usage: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"

3. big

usage: on a grand scale; "think big"

4. big

usage: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"

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Definition and meaning of big (Dictionary)