Big - Definition
big
adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over big"
2: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn:
boastfully, vauntingly, big, large]
3: on a grand scale; "think big" [ant: small]
4: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"
adj 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" [syn: large, big] [ant: little, small]
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" [syn:
bad, big]
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" [syn: big, large,
prominent]
6: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
[syn: big(a), heavy(a)]
7: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful,
braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop,
crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising]
8: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a
swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: big,
swelled, vainglorious]
9: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
woman" [syn: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown,
grown, grownup]
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" [syn: big, large,
magnanimous]
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" [syn: big,
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded,
handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]
13: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte,
expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p),
with child(p)]