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Definitions for Big

[1] large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
[2] of major concern, importance, gravity, or the like: a big problem.
[3] outstanding for a specified quality: a big liar; a big success.
[4] important, as in influence, standing, or wealth: a big man in his field.
[5] grown-up; mature: big enough to know better.
[6] elder: my big sister.
[7] doing business or conducted on a large scale; major in size or importance: big government.
[8] consisting of the largest or most influential companies in an industry: Big steel wants to lower prices, but the smaller mills don't.
[9] Informal . known or used widely; popular: Nouvelle cuisine became big in the 1970s.
[10] magnanimous; generous; kindly: big enough to forgive.
[11] boastful; pompous; pretentious; haughty: a big talker.
[12] loud; orotund: a big voice.
[13] (of clothing or a clothing design) made of or distinguished by voluminous fabric that is loosely or softly shaped and fitted: a big shirt; the big look.
[14] (of a wine) having more than average flavor, body, and alcoholic content.
[15] filled; brimming: eyes big with tears.
[16] Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pregnant.
[17] Obsolete . very strong; powerful.
[18] Informal . boastfully; pretentiously: to act big; to talk big.
[19] Informal . with great success; successfully: to go over big.
[20] the bigs, Sports Slang . the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
[21] be big on , to have a special liking or enthusiasm for: Mother is big on family get-togethers.
[22] big with child . great(def 23) .
[23] to build.
[24] bigg1.
[25] four-rowed barley.
[26] of great or considerable size, height, weight, number, power, or capacity
[27] having great significance; important a big decision
[28] important through having power, influence, wealth, authority, etc the big four banks
[29] (intensifier usually qualifying something undesirable) a big dope
[30] informal considerable in extent or intensity (esp in the phrase in a big way )
[31] elder my big brother grown-up when you're big, you can stay up later
[32] generous; magnanimous that's very big of you (in combination ) big-hearted
[33] (often foll by with) brimming; full my heart is big with sadness
[34] extravagant; boastful he's full of big talk
[35] (of wine) full-bodied, with a strong aroma and flavour
[36] too big for one's boots or too big for one's breeches conceited; unduly self-confident
[37] in an advanced stage of pregnancy (esp in the phrase big with child )
[38] big on informal enthusiastic about that company is big on research
[39] boastfully; pretentiously (esp in the phrase talk big )
[40] in an exceptional way; well his talk went over big with the audience
[41] on a grand scale (esp in the phrase think big )
[42] to build
[43] to excavate (earth) into a pile

Words related to Big

huge, enormous, full, immense, tremendous, hefty, fat, colossal, sizable, substantial, massive, gigantic, considerable, vast, leading, powerful, valuable, significant, popular, serious

Words nearby Big

bifrost, bifter, bifunctional, bifurcate, bifurcation, big, big and bold, big apple, big apple, the, big as life, big bad wolf

Origin of Big

g11400–50; late Middle English big, bigge < Old Norse bygg barley, cognate with Old English bēow

Other words from Big

big·gish , adjective
big·ly , adverb, adjective

Word origin for Big

from Old Norse byggja ; related to Old English būian to inhabit

Synonyms for Big

colossal, considerable, enormous, fat, full, gigantic, hefty, huge, immense, massive, sizable, substantial, tremendous, vast, a whale of a, ample, awash, brimming, bulky, bull, burly, capacious, chock-full, commodious, copious, crowded, extensive, heavy-duty, heavyweight, hulking, humongous, husky, jumbo, mammoth, mondo, monster, oversize, packed, ponderous, prodigious, roomy, spacious, strapping, stuffed, super colossal, thundering, voluminous, walloping, whopper, whopping