Hyphenation of big

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big

Definitions of big:

1.
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
2.
Significant
Graduation was a big day in his life
3.
Very intense
A bad headache In a big rage Had a big (or bad) shock A bad earthquake A bad storm
4.
Loud and firm
A big voice Big bold piano sounds
5.
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
6.
Prodigious
Big spender Big eater Heavy investor
7.
Exhibiting self-importance
Big talk
8.
Feeling self-importance
Too big for his britches Had a swelled head He was swelled with pride
9.
(of animals) fully developed
An adult animal A grown woman
10.
Marked by intense physical force
A big wind
11.
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
12.
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
13.
In an advanced stage of pregnancy
Was big with child Was great with child
14.
Extremely well
His performance went over big
15.
In a boastful manner
He talked big all evening
16.
On a grand scale
Think big
17.
In a major way
The play failed big at the box office

Synonyms of big:

adj large, ample, sizable, sizeable, astronomic, astronomical, galactic, bigger, larger, biggest, greatest, largest, biggish, largish, blown-up, enlarged, bouffant, puffy, bulky, capacious, colossal, prodigious, stupendous, cosmic, deep, double, elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo, enormous, tremendous, epic, heroic, larger-than-life, extensive, extended, gigantic, mammoth, great, hulking, hulky, huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian, humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping, king-size, king-sized, large-scale, large-scale, life-size, lifesize, life-sized, full-size, macro, man-sized, massive, monolithic, monumental, massive, monstrous, mountainous, outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized, overlarge, too large, plumping, queen-size, queen-sized, rangy, super, titanic, volumed, voluminous, whacking, wide-ranging, broad, spacious, wide
adj important, of import
adj momentous, significant, important
adj large, prominent, conspicuous, obvious
adj bad, intense
adj loud
adj heavy, intemperate
adj adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup, mature
adj heavy
adj swelled, vainglorious, proud
adj big, elder, older
adj boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising, proud
adj large, magnanimous, generous
adj bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded, generous
adj enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child, pregnant
adv boastfully, vauntingly, large

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