big

Adjective

• in an advanced stage of pregnancy
  • was big with child
    
  • was great with child
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• marked by intense physical force
  • a big wind
    

• (of animals) fully developed
  • an adult animal
    
  • a grown woman
    

• feeling self-importance
  • too big for his britches
    
  • had a swelled head
    
  • he was swelled with pride
    

• exhibiting self-importance
  • big talk
    

• prodigious
  • big spender
    
  • big eater
    
  • heavy investor
    

• 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
    

• loud and firm
  • a big voice
    
  • big bold piano sounds
    

• very intense
  • a bad headache
    
  • in a big rage
    
  • had a big (or bad) shock
    
  • a bad earthquake
    
  • a bad storm
    

• significant
  • graduation was a big day in his life
    

• 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
    

Adverb

• in a major way
  • the play failed big at the box office
    

• on a grand scale
  • think big
    

• in a boastful manner
  • he talked big all evening
    

• extremely well
  • his performance went over big
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  big(p) , enceinte , expectant , gravid , great(p) , large(p) , heavy(p) , with child(p) , bighearted , bounteous , bountiful , freehanded , handsome , giving , liberal , openhanded , large , magnanimous , adult , full-grown , fully grown , grown , grownup , swelled , vainglorious , boastful , braggart(a) , b
• Antonyms: 
  small , little