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Definitions

big

[big] / bɪg /

ADJECTIVE

large, great

Synonyms

STRONGEST

colossal considerable enormous fat full gigantic hefty huge immense massive sizable substantial tremendous vast

WEAK

a whale of a ample awash brimming bulky 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 supercolossal thundering voluminous walloping whopper whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impoverished inconsiderable insignificant little miniature minute poor slight small teeny thin tiny unimportant

WEAK

adolescent baby babyish blah bland dull humble infant infantile itsy juvenile selfish shy unconfident ungenerous ungiving

ADJECTIVE

important

Synonyms

STRONGEST

considerable leading main popular powerful serious significant substantial valuable

WEAK

big-league big-time consequential eminent heavy-duty heavyweight influential major-league material meaningful momentous paramount prime principal prominent super supercolossal weighty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

insignificant little minor small subordinate trivial unimportant

WEAK

adolescent baby babyish blah bland dull humble infant infantile itsy juvenile selfish shy tiny unconfident ungenerous ungiving

ADJECTIVE

grown

Synonyms

STRONGEST

tall

WEAK

adult elder full-grown grown-up mature

Antonyms

WEAK

adolescent baby babyish blah bland dull humble infant infantile itsy juvenile little selfish shy small tiny unconfident ungenerous ungiving unimportant

ADJECTIVE

generous

Synonyms

WEAK

altruistic benevolent bighearted chivalrous considerate free gracious greathearted heroic liberal lofty magnanimous noble princely unselfish

Antonyms

WEAK

adolescent baby babyish blah bland dull humble infant infantile itsy juvenile little selfish shy small tiny unconfident ungenerous ungiving unimportant

ADJECTIVE

arrogant

Synonyms

WEAK

arty boastful bragging conceited flamboyant haughty high-sounding imperious imposing inflated overblown pompous presumptuous pretentious proud

Antonyms

WEAK

adolescent baby babyish blah bland dull humble infant infantile itsy juvenile little selfish shy small tiny unconfident ungenerous ungiving unimportant

Usage

What are other ways to say big? In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, big is the most general and most colloquial word, large is somewhat more formal, and great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing: a big tree; a large tree; a great oak; a big field; a large field; great plains. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).

Example Sentences

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Sometimes when tennis players fall to the court after a big moment it feels a little contrived.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

And a show that is one big old commercial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

And now the markets look untethered to the first-quarter earnings season, those developments, and big questions about the fate of the tech trade over the summer months, can no longer be brushed aside.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Another big concern is that the roaring bull market in stocks could hit a wall if borrowing costs stay higher for longer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“I hope so. We put so much work into this. I can’t wait for you to meet Tim. This is all his work. He’s the next big thing in the photography world.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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