big
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
a large city
Related & opposite
- small
- size
- large
- bigness
- sizable
- astronomic
- bear-sized
- bigger
- biggish
- blown-up
- bouffant
- spacious
- bulky
- capacious
- colossal
- deep
- double
- enormous
- cosmic
- giant
- epic
- extensive
- mammoth
- great
- grand
- huge
- hulking
- banging
- king-size
- large-mouthed
- large-scale
- large-scale
- life-size
- macroscopic
- macro
- man-sized
- monolithic
- massive
- medium-large
- monstrous
- mountainous
- outsize
- overlarge
- plumping
- queen-size
- rangy
- super
- titanic
- volumed
- voluminous
- whacking
- wide-ranging
Sense 2 adverb
extremely well
his performance went over big
Sense 3 adjective
significant
graduation was a big day in his life
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adverb
in a boastful manner
he talked big all evening
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
very intense
a bad headache
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adverb
on a grand scale
think big
Related & opposite
Sense 7 adjective
loud and firm
a big voice
Related & opposite
Sense 8 adverb
in a major way
the play failed big at the box office
Sense 9 adjective
conspicuous in position or importance
a big figure in the movement
Related & opposite
Sense 10 adjective
exhibiting self-importance
big talk
Related & opposite
Sense 11 adjective
feeling self-importance
too big for his britches
Related & opposite
Sense 12 adjective
(of animals) fully developed
an adult animal
Related & opposite
Sense 13 adjective
marked by intense physical force
a big wind
Related & opposite
Sense 14 adjective
generous and understanding and tolerant
a heart big enough to hold no grudges
Related & opposite
Sense 15 adjective
given or giving freely
was a big tipper
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | small |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | size |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | large |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bigness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sizable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | astronomic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bear-sized |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bigger |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | biggish |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | blown-up |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bouffant |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | spacious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bulky |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | capacious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | colossal |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | deep |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | double |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | enormous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | cosmic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | giant |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | epic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | extensive |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mammoth |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | great |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | grand |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | huge |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hulking |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | banging |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | king-size |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | large-mouthed |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | large-scale |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | large-scale |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | life-size |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | macroscopic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | macro |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | man-sized |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | monolithic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | massive |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | medium-large |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | monstrous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mountainous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | outsize |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | overlarge |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | plumping |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | queen-size |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | rangy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | super |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | titanic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | volumed |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | voluminous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | whacking |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | wide-ranging |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | important |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | crowing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | severity |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | intense |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | small |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | loud |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | prominence |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | prominence |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | conspicuous |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | boastfulness |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | brag |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | proud |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | boastfulness |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | proud |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | adult |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | adult |
| 12 | domain topic | Related & opposite | animal |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | mature |
| 13 | similar to | Related & opposite | heavy |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | munificence |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | nobleness |
| 14 | similar to | Related & opposite | generous |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | bounteousness |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | bigheartedness |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberality |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | munificence |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | bountifulness |
| 15 | similar to | Related & opposite | generous |