big meaning and definition

BIG adjective

Definition of big (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: large
   • antonym: little
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"
   • synonyms: bad
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"
   • synonyms: large, prominent
6. prodigious
   • "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
   • synonyms: heavy
7. exhibiting self-importance
   • "big talk"
   • synonyms: boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing
8. feeling self-importance
   • "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"
   • synonyms: swelled, vainglorious
9. (of animals) fully developed
   • "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"
   • synonyms: adult, 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"
    • synonyms: 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"
    • synonyms: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded
13. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    • "was big with child"; "was great with child"
    • synonyms: enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child

BIG adverb

Definition of big (adverb)

1. extremely well
   • "his performance went over big"
2. in a boastful manner
   • "he talked big all evening"
   • synonyms: boastfully, large, vauntingly
3. on a grand scale
   • "think big"
   • antonym: small
4. in a major way
   • "the play failed big at the box office"