big
adj 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" [syn: {large}] [ant: {small}, {small}]
2: (informal) "graduation was a big day in his life"
3: of very great significance "deciding to drop the atom bomb
was a very big decision"; "a momentous event" [syn: {momentous}]
4: 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" [syn: {large}, {prominent}]
5: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
(or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: {bad}]
6: loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
7: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
[syn: {big(a)}, {heavy(a)}]
8: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
woman" [syn: {adult}, {full-grown}, {fully grown}, {grown},
{grownup}]
9: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"; "high winds"
[syn: {high}]
10: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a
swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: {swelled},
{vainglorious}]
11: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {boastful}, {braggart(a)},
{bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {cock-a-hoop}, {crowing}, {self-aggrandizing}]
12: older and (at least formerly) larger than another though
relative size is not the issue; "big sister" [syn: {big(a)},
{elder}, {older}] [ant: {little(a)}]
13: 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" [syn: {large}, {magnanimous}]
14: 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"
[syn: {bighearted}, {bounteous}, {bountiful}, {freehanded},
{handsome}, {giving}, {liberal}, {openhanded}]
15: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant},
{gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with
child(p)}]
adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over big"
2: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: {boastfully},
{vauntingly}, {large}]
3: on a grand scale; "think big" [ant: {small}]
4: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"