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BIG

Definition:

1. [adverb] extremely well; "his performance went over big"
   
   
2. [adverb] in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"
   Synonyms: boastfully, vauntingly, large
   
   
3. [adverb] on a grand scale; "think big"
   
   
4. [adverb] in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"
   
   
5. [adjective] 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"
   Synonyms: large
   
   
6. [adjective] significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"
   
   
7. [adjective] of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"
   Synonyms: momentous
   
   
8. [adjective] 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"
   Synonyms: large, prominent
   
   
9. [adjective] very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
   Synonyms: bad
   
   
10. [adjective] loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
    
    
11. [adjective] prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
    Synonyms: heavy
    
    
12. [adjective] (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"
    Synonyms: adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
    
    
13. [adjective] marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"
    
    
14. [adjective] feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"
    Synonyms: swelled, vainglorious
    
    
15. [adjective] older brother or sister; "big sister"
    Synonyms: elder, older
    
    
16. [adjective] exhibiting self-importance; "big talk"
    Synonyms: boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
    
    
17. [adjective] 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"
    Synonyms: large, magnanimous
    
    
18. [adjective] 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"
    Synonyms: hearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
    
    
19. [adjective] in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
    Synonyms: enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child
    
    

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