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| adj. | 1. big, large | 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" |
| ~ sizable, sizeable, ample | fairly large.; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions" |
| ~ astronomic, astronomical, galactic | inconceivably large. |
| ~ bear-sized | large as a bear. |
| ~ bigger, larger | large or big relative to something else. |
| ~ biggish, largish | somewhat large. |
| ~ blown-up, enlarged | as of a photograph; made larger.; "the enlarged photograph revealed many details" |
| ~ bouffant, puffy | being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing.; "a bouffant skirt" |
| ~ spacious, wide, broad | very large in expanse or scope.; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" |
| ~ bulky | of large size for its weight. |
| ~ capacious | large in capacity.; "she carried a capacious bag" |
| ~ colossal, prodigious, stupendous | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe.; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" |
| ~ deep | large in quantity or size.; "deep cuts in the budget" |
| ~ double | large enough for two.; "a double bed"; "a double room" |
| ~ enormous, tremendous | extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree.; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise" |
| ~ cosmic | inconceivably extended in space or time. |
| ~ elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo | of great mass; huge and bulky.; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" |
| ~ epic, heroic, larger-than-life | very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale).; "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" |
| ~ extensive, extended | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity.; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage" |
| ~ gigantic, mammoth | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation" |
| ~ great | relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind.; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay" |
| ~ grand | large and impressive in physical size or extent.; "the bridge is a grand structure" |
| ~ huge, immense, vast, brobdingnagian | unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization" |
| ~ hulking, hulky | of great size and bulk.; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships" |
| ~ banging, humongous, thumping, walloping, whopping | (used informally) very large.; "a thumping loss" |
| ~ king-size, king-sized | extra large.; "a king-size bed" |
| ~ large-mouthed | having a relatively large mouth. |
| ~ large-scale | unusually large in scope.; "a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed" |
| ~ large-scale | constructed or drawn to a big scale.; "large-scale maps" |
| ~ full-size, life-size, life-sized, lifesize | being of the same size as an original.; "a life-size sculpture" |
| ~ macroscopic, macroscopical | large enough to be visible with the naked eye. |
| ~ macro | very large in scale or scope or capability. |
| ~ man-sized | very large; appropriate to the size of a man.; "a man-sized piece of cake" |
| ~ massive, monolithic, monumental | imposing in size or bulk or solidity.; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" |
| ~ massive | imposing in scale or scope or degree or power.; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes" |
| ~ medium-large | of anything that is large but not the largest. |
| ~ monstrous | abnormally large. |
| ~ mountainous | like a mountain in size and impressiveness.; "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man" |
| ~ outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized | larger than normal for its kind. |
| ~ overlarge, too large | excessively large. |
| ~ plumping | very large; of exceptional size for its kind.; "won by a plumping majority" |
| ~ queen-size, queen-sized | (used especially of beds) not as large as king-size.; "a queen-sized bed" |
| ~ rangy | allowing ample room for ranging. |
| ~ super | extremely large.; "another super skyscraper" |
| ~ titanic | of great force or power. |
| ~ volumed | formed or rising in rounded masses.; "gasping with the volumed smoke" |
| ~ voluminous | large in volume or bulk.; "a voluminous skirt" |
| ~ whacking | (British informal) enormous.; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie" |
| ~ wide-ranging | including much.; "the pianist's wide-ranging repertoire" |
| adj. | 2. big | significant.; "graduation was a big day in his life" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| adj. | 3. bad, big | very intense.; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" |
| ~ intense | possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree.; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" |
| adj. | 4. big | loud and firm.; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds" |
| ~ loud | characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity.; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones" |
| adj. | 5. big, large, prominent | 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" |
| ~ conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind.; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" |
| adj. | 6. big, heavy | prodigious.; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" |
| ~ intemperate | excessive in behavior.; "intemperate rage" |
| adj. | 7. big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing | exhibiting self-importance.; "big talk" |
| ~ proud | feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride.; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes" |
| adj. | 8. big, swelled, vainglorious | feeling self-importance.; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" |
| ~ proud | feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride.; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes" |
| adj. | 9. adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup | (of animals) fully developed.; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ mature | having reached full natural growth or development.; "a mature cell" |
| adj. | 10. big | marked by intense physical force.; "a big wind" |
| ~ heavy | of great intensity or power or force.; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" |
| adj. | 11. big, large, magnanimous | 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" |
| ~ generous | not petty in character and mind.; "unusually generous in his judgment of people" |
| adj. | 12. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded | 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" |
| ~ generous | willing to give and share unstintingly.; "a generous donation" |
| adj. | 13. big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child | in an advanced stage of pregnancy.; "was big with child"; "was great with child" |
| ~ pregnant | carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life. |
| adv. | 14. big | extremely well.; "his performance went over big" |
| adv. | 15. big, boastfully, large, vauntingly | in a boastful manner.; "he talked big all evening" |
| adv. | 16. big | on a grand scale.; "think big" |
| adv. | 17. big | in a major way.; "the play failed big at the box office" |
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