big

Meanings

• above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
  • "set out for the big city"
  • "a big (or large) barn"
  • "big businesses"
  • "a big expenditure"
  • "a big group of scientists"
• significant
  • "graduation was a big day in his life"
• very intense
  • "in a big rage"
  • "had a big (or bad) shock"
• loud and firm
  • "a big voice"
  • "big bold piano sounds"
• conspicuous in position or importance
  • "a big figure in the movement"
  • "big man on campus"
• prodigious
  • "big spender"
  • "big eater"
• exhibiting self-importance
  • "big talk"
• feeling self-importance
  • "too big for his britches"
• (of animals) fully developed
• marked by intense physical force
  • "a big wind"
• generous and understanding and tolerant
  • "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"
  • "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"
• given or giving freely
  • "was a big tipper"
• in an advanced stage of pregnancy
  • "was big with child"
• extremely well
  • "his performance went over big"
• in a boastful manner
  • "he talked big all evening"
• on a grand scale
  • "think big"
• in a major way
  • "the play failed big at the box office"

Synonyms

adult, bad, bighearted, boastful, boastfully, bounteous, bountiful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, enceinte, expectant, freehanded, full-grown, fully grown, giving, gravid, great, grown, grownup, handsome, heavy, large, liberal, magnanimous, openhanded, prominent, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing, swelled, vainglorious, vauntingly, with child