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big

(b/I/g )

adjective (a)

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent(adj.all)

Example:
Set out for the big city.
A big (or large) barn.
Big businesses.
A big expenditure.
A big group of scientists.

Synonym:
large
Antonym:
little, small

source: wordnet30
Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.(noun)

source: webster1913

adverb (r)

extremely well(adv.all)

Example:
His performance went over big.

Synonym:
excellently, famously, magnificently, splendidly

source: wordnet30
in a boastful manner(adv.all)

Example:
He talked big all evening.

Synonym:
boastfully, large, vauntingly

source: wordnet30
on a grand scale(adv.all)

Example:
Think big.

Antonym:
small

source: wordnet30
in a major way(adv.all)

Example:
The play failed big at the box office.

source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

significant(adj.all)

Example:
Graduation was a big day in his life.

source: wordnet30
very intense(adj.all)

Example:
In a big rage.
Had a big (or bad) shock.

Synonym:
bad, consuming, fiery, flaming, overwhelming

source: wordnet30
loud and firm(adj.all)

Example:
A big voice.
Big bold piano sounds.

source: wordnet30
conspicuous in position or importance(adj.all)

Example:
A big figure in the movement.
Big man on campus.

Synonym:
large, prominent

source: wordnet30
prodigious(adj.all)

Example:
Big spender.
Big eater.

Synonym:
heavy

source: wordnet30
exhibiting self-importance(adj.all)

Example:
Big talk.

Synonym:
boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing

source: wordnet30
feeling self-importance(adj.all)

Example:
Too big for his britches.

Synonym:
swelled, vainglorious

source: wordnet30
(of animals) fully developed(adj.all)

Synonym:
adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup

source: wordnet30
marked by intense physical force(adj.all)

Example:
A big wind.

source: wordnet30
generous and understanding and tolerant(adj.all)

Example:
A heart big enough to hold no grudges.
That's very big of you to be so forgiving.

Synonym:
large, magnanimous

source: wordnet30
given or giving freely(adj.all)

Example:
Was a big tipper.

Synonym:
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded

source: wordnet30
in an advanced stage of pregnancy(adj.all)

Example:
Was big with child.

Synonym:
enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

To build.(verb)

source: webster1913

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