big

adjective

1)

a big building

Syn:

large, sizable, substantial, great, huge, immense, enormous, extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast, tremendous, gigantic, giant, monumental, mighty, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, mountainous, Brobdingnagian; towering, tall, high, lofty; outsize, oversized; goodly; capacious, voluminous, spacious; king-size(d), man-size, family-size(d), economy-size(d); informal jumbo, whopping, mega, humongous, monster, astronomical, ginormous; formal commodious

Ant:

small, little

2)

clothing for big people

Syn:

well-built, sturdy, brawny, burly, broad-shouldered, muscular, muscly, rugged, Herculean, bulky, hulking, strapping, thickset, stocky, solid, hefty, large; tall, huge, gigantic; fat, stout, portly, plump, fleshy, paunchy, corpulent, obese; full-figured, big-boned, buxom; roly-poly, rotund, well-fed; informal hunky, beefy, husky; literary thewy

Ant:

small, slight, diminutive

3)

my big sister

Syn:

elder, older; grown-up, adult, mature, grown

4)

a big decision

Syn:

important, significant, major, momentous, weighty, consequential, far-reaching, key, vital, critical, crucial, life-and-death

Ant:

unimportant, minor, trivial

5) informal

a big man in the government

Syn:

powerful, important, prominent, influential, high-powered, leading, preeminent; major-league

Ant:

unimportant, obscure

6) informal

she has big plans

Syn:

ambitious, far-reaching, grandiose, on a grand scale

Ant:

modest

7)

he's got a big heart

Syn:

generous, kind, kindly, caring, compassionate, loving

8) informal

East Coast bands are big across the country

Syn:

popular, successful, in demand, sought-after, all the rage; informal hot, in, cool, trendy, now, hip

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- too big for one's britches

- too big for one's boots