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Big
adjective (compar. bigger; superl. biggest) 1.Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent. Synonym: large. "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" Antonyms: small, little. 3.Very intense. Synonym: bad. "In a big rage" , "Had a big (or bad) shock" , "A bad earthquake" , "A bad storm" 4.Loud and firm. "Big bold piano sounds" 5.Conspicuous in position or importance. Synonyms: large, prominent. "Big man on campus" , "He's very large in financial circles" , "A prominent citizen" 6.Prodigious. Synonym: heavy. "Big eater" , "Heavy investor" 8.Feeling self-importance. Synonyms: swelled, vainglorious. "Had a swelled head" , "He was swelled with pride" 10.Marked by intense physical force. 11.Generous and understanding and tolerant. Synonyms: large, magnanimous. "That's very big of you to be so forgiving" , "A large and generous spirit" , "A large heart" , "Magnanimous toward his enemies" 12.Given or giving freely. Synonyms: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded. "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" adverb 3.On a grand scale. Antonym: small.
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