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Big Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Big? [adv] in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [adv] in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office" [adv] on a grand scale; "think big" [adv] extremely well; "his performance went over big" [adj] 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" [adj] 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" [adj] 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" [adj] marked by intense physical force; "a big wind" [adj] (informal) "graduation was a big day in his life" [adj] 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" [adj] loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds" [adj] (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" [adj] very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [adj] feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [adj] exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [adj] of very great significance"deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Big: adult \| ample \| astronomic \| astronomical \| bad \| banner \| bigger \| biggest \| biggish \| bighearted \| blown-up \| boastful \| boastfully \| bouffant \| bounteous \| bountiful \| braggart(a) \| bragging(a) \| braggy \| broad \| bulky \| capacious \| cock-a-hoop \| colossal \| conspicuous \| cosmic \| crowing \| deep \| double \| elephantine \| enlarged \| enormous \| epic \| extended \| extensive \| freehanded \| full-grown \| full-size \| fully grown \| galactic \| gargantuan \| generous \| giant \| gigantic \| giving \| great \| greatest \| grown \| grownup \| handsome \| heavy \| heroic \| huge \| hulking \| hulky \| humongous \| immense \| important \| intense \| jumbo \| king-size \| king-sized \| large \| large \| larger \| larger-than-life \| large-scale \| largest \| largish \| liberal \| lifesize \| life-size \| life-sized \| loud \| macro \| magnanimous \| mammoth \| man-sized \| massive \| mature \| momentous \| monolithic \| monstrous \| monumental \| mountainous \| obvious \| of import \| openhanded \| outsize \| outsized \| overlarge \| oversize \| oversized \| plumping \| prodigious \| prominent \| proud \| puffy \| queen-size \| queen-sized \| rangy \| self-aggrandising \| self-aggrandizing \| significant \| sizable \| sizeable \| spacious \| stupendous \| super \| swelled \| thumping \| titanic \| too large \| tremendous \| vainglorious \| vast \| vauntingly \| volumed \| voluminous \| walloping \| whacking \| whopping \| wide \| wide-ranging Related Terms \| Find terms related to Big: adult \| aggrandized \| ample \| apotheosized \| arrogant \| arty \| awash \| awesome \| awful \| awfully \| beatified \| benevolent \| big boy \| big cheese \| big noise \| big shot \| bighearted \| big-league \| big-name \| big-time \| bigwig \| bigwigged \| bombastic \| brimful \| brimming \| bull \| bumper \| canonized \| capacious \| chivalrous \| chock-full \| cloyed \| clumsy \| commodious \| comprehensive \| condescending \| consequential \| considerable \| considerate \| copious \| crammed \| crowded \| damned \| deified \| distended \| domineering \| double-barreled \| earthshaking \| elevated \| eminent \| ennobled \| enshrined \| enthroned \| exalted \| excellent \| expectant \| expecting \| extensive \| extravagant \| extremely \| fat \| flushed \| full to bursting \| gassy \| generous \| glorified \| glutted \| gone \| goodly \| grand \| gravid \| great \| great gun \| great of heart \| greathearted \| greatly \| grown \| grown-up \| handsome \| haughty \| healthy \| heavy \| heavyweight \| hefty \| held in awe \| heroic \| high \| high and mighty \| highfalutin \| highfaluting \| high-faluting \| high-flown \| high-headed \| high-minded \| high-nosed \| high-powered \| high-sounding \| high-swelling \| hoity-toity \| hugely \| hulking \| husky \| idealistic \| immortal \| immortalized \| important \| imposing \| inflated \| knightly \| large \| largehearted \| large-scale \| liberal \| lion \| lofty \| magnanimous \| magnified \| major \| man-sized \| marriable \| marriageable \| material \| mature \| maturescent \| meaningful \| mighty \| momentous \| much \| name \| noble \| noble-minded \| nubile \| numerous \| of age \| of marriageable age \| old \| openhanded \| overbearing \| overblown \| overflowing \| packed \| parturient \| patronizing \| pretentious \| princely \| proud \| purse-proud \| replete \| roomy \| sainted \| sanctified \| sated \| satiated \| satisfied \| self-important \| shrined \| significant \| sizable \| spacious \| stuck-up \| stuffed \| sublime \| substantial \| supereminent \| superior \| swollen \| tall \| throned \| tidy \| toplofty \| unwieldy \| uppish \| uppity \| upstage \| voluminous \| weighty \| whacking \| whopping \| windy \| world-shaking See Also \| Big In Webster's Dictionary \Big\, a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.] 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. ``He's too big to go in there.'' --Shak. 2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. --Addison. 3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride. God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer. Taylor. Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced. {To talk big}, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. I talked big to them at first. --De Foe. Syn: Bulky; large; great; massive; gross. \Big\, Bigg \Bigg\, n. [OE. bif, bigge; akin to Icel. bygg, Dan. byg, Sw. bjugg.] (Bot.) Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. ``Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg.'' --New English Dict. \Big\, Bigg \Bigg\, v. t. [OE. biggen, fr. Icel. byggja to inhabit, to build, b?a (neut.) to dwell (active) to make ready. See {Boor}, and {Bound}.] To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] --Sir W. Scott.

Big Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Big?

[adv] in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"
[adv] in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"
[adv] on a grand scale; "think big"
[adv] extremely well; "his performance went over big"
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"
[adj] (informal) "graduation was a big day in his life"
[adj] 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"
[adj] loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
[adj] (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"
[adj] very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
[adj] feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"
[adj] exhibiting self-importance; "big talk"
[adj] of very great significance"deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

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Big In Webster's Dictionary

\Big\, a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from
Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr.
baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr,
(properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE.
biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.]
1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of
   great size; large. ``He's too big to go in there.''
   --Shak.

2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth
   or produce; -- often figuratively.

         [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
                                               --Addison.

3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation,
   distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a
   big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied
   to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.

         God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer.
                                               Taylor.

Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as,
      big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced.

{To talk big}, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.

         I talked big to them at first.        --De Foe.

Syn: Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.


\Big\, Bigg \Bigg\, n. [OE. bif, bigge; akin to Icel. bygg,
Dan. byg, Sw. bjugg.] (Bot.)
Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.

      ``Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now
      with bigg.''                             --New English
                                               Dict.


\Big\, Bigg \Bigg\, v. t. [OE. biggen, fr. Icel. byggja to
inhabit, to build, b?a (neut.) to dwell (active) to make
ready. See {Boor}, and {Bound}.]
To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] --Sir W. Scott.

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