Good synonyms for the word big

  • colossal
  • considerable
  • enormous
  • fat
  • full
  • gigantic
  • hefty
  • huge
  • immense
  • massive
  • sizable
  • substantial
  • tremendous
  • vast
  • a whale of a
  • ample
  • awash
  • brimming
  • bulky
  • burly
  • capacious
  • chock-full
  • commodious
  • copious
  • crowded
  • extensive
  • heavy-duty
  • heavyweight
  • hulking
  • humongous
  • husky
  • jumbo
  • mammoth
  • mondo
  • monster
  • oversize
  • packed
  • ponderous
  • prodigious
  • roomy
  • spacious
  • strapping
  • stuffed
  • supercolossal
  • thundering
  • voluminous
  • walloping
  • whopper
  • whopping

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  • considerable
  • leading
  • main
  • popular
  • powerful
  • serious
  • significant
  • substantial
  • valuable
  • big-league
  • big-time
  • consequential
  • eminent
  • heavy-duty
  • heavyweight
  • influential
  • major-league
  • material
  • meaningful
  • momentous
  • paramount
  • prime
  • principal
  • prominent
  • super
  • supercolossal
  • weighty
  • tall
  • adult
  • elder
  • full-grown
  • grown-up
  • mature
  • altruistic
  • benevolent
  • bighearted
  • chivalrous
  • considerate
  • free
  • gracious
  • greathearted
  • heroic
  • liberal
  • lofty
  • magnanimous
  • noble
  • princely
  • unselfish
  • arty
  • boastful
  • bragging
  • conceited
  • flamboyant
  • haughty
  • high-sounding
  • imperious
  • imposing
  • inflated
  • overblown
  • pompous
  • presumptuous
  • pretentious
  • proud

On this page you’ll find 340 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to big, such as: colossal, considerable, enormous, fat, full, and gigantic.

antonyms for big

  • impoverished
  • inconsiderable
  • insignificant
  • little
  • miniature
  • minute
  • poor
  • slight
  • small
  • teeny
  • thin
  • tiny
  • unimportant
  • adolescent
  • baby
  • babyish
  • blah
  • bland
  • dull
  • humble
  • infant
  • infantile
  • juvenile
  • selfish
  • shy
  • unconfident
  • ungenerous
  • ungiving
  • insignificant
  • little
  • minor
  • small
  • subordinate
  • trivial
  • unimportant
  • adolescent
  • baby
  • babyish
  • blah
  • bland
  • dull
  • humble
  • infant
  • infantile
  • juvenile
  • selfish
  • shy
  • tiny
  • unconfident
  • ungenerous
  • ungiving
  • adolescent
  • baby
  • babyish
  • blah
  • bland
  • dull
  • humble
  • infant
  • infantile
  • juvenile
  • little
  • selfish
  • shy
  • small
  • tiny
  • unconfident
  • ungenerous
  • ungiving
  • unimportant
  • adolescent
  • baby
  • babyish
  • blah
  • bland
  • dull
  • humble
  • infant
  • infantile
  • juvenile
  • little
  • selfish
  • shy
  • small
  • tiny
  • unconfident
  • ungenerous
  • ungiving
  • unimportant
  • adolescent
  • baby
  • babyish
  • blah
  • bland
  • dull
  • humble
  • infant
  • infantile
  • juvenile
  • little
  • selfish
  • shy
  • small
  • tiny
  • unconfident
  • ungenerous
  • ungiving
  • unimportant

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In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, big is the most general and most colloquial word, large is somewhat more formal, and great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing: a big tree; a large tree; a great oak; a big field; a large field; great plains. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).

How to use big in a sentence

Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.

THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN

I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.

THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN

Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.

THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS

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WORDS RELATED TO BIG

  • A-OK
  • adequate
  • admissible
  • all right
  • average
  • big
  • common
  • cooking with gas
  • cool
  • copacetic
  • decent
  • delightful
  • fair
  • fairish
  • goodish
  • hep
  • hip
  • hunky-dory
  • in the swim
  • kosher
  • large
  • moderate
  • okay
  • on the ball
  • on the beam
  • passable
  • peachy keen
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • respectable
  • right on
  • satisfactory
  • standard
  • sufficient
  • swell
  • tolerable
  • trendy
  • unexceptional
  • unobjectionable
  • up to code
  • up to snuff
  • welcome
  • A-OK
  • adequate
  • admissible
  • all right
  • average
  • big
  • common
  • cooking with gas
  • cool
  • copacetic
  • decent
  • delightful
  • fair
  • hep
  • hip
  • hunky-dory
  • in the swim
  • kosher
  • large
  • okay
  • on the ball
  • on the beam
  • passable
  • peachy keen
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • respectable
  • right on
  • standard
  • sufficient
  • swell
  • tolerable
  • trendy
  • unexceptional
  • unobjectionable
  • up to code
  • up to snuff
  • welcome
  • Robin Hood
  • all heart
  • benevolent
  • big
  • big-hearted
  • bleeding heart
  • charitable
  • considerate
  • generous
  • good
  • good scout
  • human
  • humane
  • humanitarian
  • kind
  • magnanimous
  • openhanded
  • philanthropic
  • self-sacrificing
  • abounding
  • abundant
  • big
  • bounteous
  • bountiful
  • broad
  • capacious
  • commodious
  • copious
  • enough
  • expansive
  • extensive
  • full
  • galore
  • generous
  • great
  • heavy
  • large
  • lavish
  • liberal
  • no end
  • plenteous
  • plentiful
  • plenty
  • profuse
  • rich
  • roomy
  • spacious
  • spare
  • substantial
  • unrestricted
  • voluminous
  • wide
  • abounding
  • abundant
  • big
  • bounteous
  • bountiful
  • broad
  • capacious
  • commodious
  • copious
  • enough
  • expansive
  • extensive
  • full
  • galore
  • generous
  • great
  • heavy
  • large
  • lavish
  • liberal
  • no end
  • plenteous
  • plentiful
  • plenty
  • profuse
  • rich
  • roomy
  • spacious
  • spare
  • substantial
  • unrestricted
  • voluminous
  • wide
  • all heart
  • altruistic
  • beneficent
  • benign
  • big
  • big-hearted
  • bounteous
  • bountiful
  • caring
  • chivalrous
  • compassionate
  • considerate
  • generous
  • helpful
  • humane
  • humanitarian
  • kindhearted
  • liberal
  • magnanimous
  • philanthropic
  • tenderhearted
  • warmhearted
  • well-disposed

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  1. bigadjective

    Synonyms:
    BIG suit

  2. bigadjective

    Synonyms:
    sizeable, large, massive, ample, jumbo, huge

    Antonyms:
    small, little, minuscule, miniature, minute, tiny

  3. bigadjective

    An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.

    Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.

    Synonyms:
    adult, BIG suit

  4. bigadjective

    Thought to have undue influence.

    There were concerns about the ethics of big science.

    Synonyms:
    adult, major league

  5. bigadjective

    Popular.

    That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers.

    Synonyms:
    adult

  6. bigadjective

    On a large scale, expansively

    You’ve got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.

    Synonyms:
    adult

    Antonyms:
    young, little

  7. bigadjective

    Hard.

    He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.

    Synonyms:
    adult

  8. bigadjective

    Important or significant.

    What’s so big about that? I do it all the time.

    Synonyms:
    adult

  9. bigadjective

    Enthusiastic (about).

    I’m not big on the idea, but if you want to go ahead with it, I won’t stop you.

    Synonyms:
    adult

  10. bigadjective

    Mature, conscientious, principled.

    Synonyms:
    adult

  11. bigadjective

    Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.

    Woah, Nadia has gotten pretty big ever since she hit puberty.

    Synonyms:
    adult

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

  1. big

    Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.

    Synonyms:
    abundant, ample, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wide

    Antonyms:
    brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

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  1. big

    Synonyms:
    large, great, wide, huge, bulky, proud, arrogant, pompous, fat, massive, gross

    Antonyms:
    little, small, narrow, minute, slight, lean, affable, easy, unaffected

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

  1. large, bigadjective

    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»

    Synonyms:
    bountiful, magnanimous, full-grown, prominent, big, grownup, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, heavy(p), giving, bombastic, turgid, grown, large(p), enceinte, tumid, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, bighearted, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), large, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), bragging(a), bad, freehanded, with child(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, openhanded, declamatory, adult, orotund, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    elflike, midget, small, diminutive, invisible, itty-bitty, immature, subatomic, pocketable, olive-sized, shrimpy, miniscule, gnomish, lesser, puny, undersize, small-scale, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, stingy, teentsy, atomic, smaller, inconspicuous, flyspeck, light, weensy, pocket-size, dinky, slender, weeny, runty, microscopic, micro, undersized, itsy-bitsy, bantam, ungenerous, teeny, teensy, littler, miniature, soft, humble, bitty, nonpregnant, mild, wee, minute, tiny, slim, unimportant, petite, minuscule, bittie, lilliputian, smallish, half-size, temperate, dwarfish, meanspirited, little, pocket-sized, microscopical, infinitesimal, elfin

  2. bigadjective

    significant

    «graduation was a big day in his life»

    Synonyms:
    magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, with child(p), giving, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, microscopic, shrimpy, lesser, teeny, temperate, light, minute, slender, ungenerous, tiny, olive-sized, smallish, dinky, microscopical, invisible, elflike, pocket-sized, midget, small-scale, subatomic, bantam, pocket-size, minuscule, infinitesimal, undersize, little, weensy, weeny, diminutive, immature, micro, miniscule, stingy, teentsy, inconspicuous, meanspirited, bittie, littler, puny, mild, smaller, petite, itsy-bitsy, pocketable, atomic, wee, gnomish, half-size, flyspeck, soft, small, teensy-weensy, miniature, humble, dwarfish, unimportant, undersized, nonpregnant, bitty, slim, teensy, lilliputian, runty, elfin

  3. bad, bigadjective

    very intense

    «a bad headache»; «in a big rage»; «had a big (or bad) shock»; «a bad earthquake»; «a bad storm»

    Synonyms:
    bountiful, magnanimous, full-grown, speculative, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, sorry, braggy, with child(p), giving, uncollectible, grownup, regretful, grown, large(p), enceinte, bounteous, tough, liberal, unfit, high-risk, self-aggrandizing, swelled, risky, bighearted, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), large, expectant, heavy(a), unsound, spoilt, great(p), bragging(a), bad, freehanded, spoiled, heavy(p), forged, big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, openhanded, adult, defective, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    undersized, lesser, teeny, lilliputian, tiny, itty-bitty, elfin, humble, teensy-weensy, undersize, inconspicuous, temperate, teentsy, light, smallish, bitty, ungenerous, miniscule, pocket-sized, runty, bittie, slender, midget, smaller, shrimpy, gnomish, petite, pocketable, flyspeck, weensy, miniature, little, olive-sized, itsy-bitsy, puny, unimportant, dinky, teensy, atomic, pocket-size, elflike, small, minute, microscopic, nonpregnant, mild, wee, teeny-weeny, meanspirited, half-size, subatomic, invisible, dwarfish, micro, soft, minuscule, slim, bantam, weeny, microscopical, diminutive, stingy, immature, infinitesimal, small-scale, littler

  4. bigadjective

    loud and firm

    «a big voice»; «big bold piano sounds»

    Synonyms:
    magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, with child(p), giving, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    miniature, small-scale, itty-bitty, pocketable, subatomic, mild, midget, lesser, smaller, olive-sized, atomic, wee, slim, unimportant, half-size, pocket-sized, soft, dwarfish, humble, teeny, pocket-size, inconspicuous, immature, small, bantam, stingy, smallish, petite, weensy, bittie, bitty, flyspeck, microscopic, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, teentsy, invisible, infinitesimal, littler, elfin, runty, ungenerous, itsy-bitsy, undersized, undersize, puny, microscopical, nonpregnant, elflike, gnomish, minuscule, meanspirited, diminutive, micro, miniscule, light, little, shrimpy, temperate, weeny, lilliputian, tiny, dinky, slender, minute, teensy

  5. big, large, prominentadjective

    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»

    Synonyms:
    magnanimous, spectacular, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, with child(p), striking, giving, bombastic, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, tumid, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, turgid, heavy(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, salient, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, declamatory, adult, orotund, gravid, big(p), crowing, outstanding

    Antonyms:
    tiny, miniscule, infinitesimal, littler, itsy-bitsy, small, pocket-sized, stingy, miniature, bitty, puny, subatomic, dinky, elfin, weensy, undersize, weeny, microscopic, smaller, humble, bittie, slender, olive-sized, nonpregnant, teeny, immature, smallish, mild, shrimpy, dwarfish, microscopical, pocket-size, teentsy, minute, inconspicuous, soft, lilliputian, undersized, little, minuscule, unimportant, ungenerous, pocketable, elflike, half-size, flyspeck, light, teeny-weeny, small-scale, petite, gnomish, runty, invisible, slim, diminutive, midget, teensy, micro, meanspirited, wee, bantam, itty-bitty, lesser, temperate, teensy-weensy, atomic

  6. big(a), heavy(a)adjective

    prodigious

    «big spender»; «big eater»; «heavy investor»

    Antonyms:
    microscopical, undersized, humble, weeny, teeny, pocket-sized, undersize, smallish, miniature, unimportant, teeny-weeny, teentsy, immature, midget, itsy-bitsy, mild, half-size, olive-sized, elfin, atomic, bittie, bantam, micro, light, small-scale, slender, lilliputian, teensy, teensy-weensy, pocket-size, microscopic, infinitesimal, elflike, minute, subatomic, dinky, dwarfish, weensy, pocketable, meanspirited, slim, gnomish, temperate, itty-bitty, miniscule, wee, puny, lesser, stingy, littler, nonpregnant, shrimpy, minuscule, little, diminutive, smaller, flyspeck, petite, ungenerous, soft, bitty, small, tiny, runty, inconspicuous, invisible

  7. boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandisingadjective

    exhibiting self-importance

    «big talk»

    Antonyms:
    miniature, pocket-sized, little, miniscule, unimportant, gnomish, slender, pocket-size, mild, itty-bitty, invisible, micro, undersized, humble, subatomic, infinitesimal, nonpregnant, dwarfish, temperate, immature, minute, undersize, lesser, bittie, small, olive-sized, stingy, teeny, puny, slim, dinky, pocketable, smaller, itsy-bitsy, microscopical, light, weensy, teeny-weeny, minuscule, midget, teensy-weensy, tiny, weeny, ungenerous, lilliputian, elflike, meanspirited, microscopic, smallish, runty, atomic, inconspicuous, half-size, flyspeck, elfin, littler, bitty, petite, bantam, teensy, diminutive, soft, small-scale, wee, shrimpy, teentsy

  8. big, swelled, vaingloriousadjective

    feeling self-importance

    «too big for his britches»; «had a swelled head»; «he was swelled with pride»

    Synonyms:
    magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, with child(p), giving, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    teeny-weeny, stingy, teensy, itsy-bitsy, undersized, petite, unimportant, half-size, pocket-size, subatomic, bittie, immature, invisible, slim, lilliputian, humble, minuscule, infinitesimal, dwarfish, inconspicuous, light, diminutive, teeny, micro, shrimpy, atomic, elflike, teentsy, runty, pocketable, undersize, microscopic, meanspirited, weeny, lesser, microscopical, nonpregnant, soft, temperate, flyspeck, pocket-sized, little, dinky, teensy-weensy, littler, bitty, tiny, gnomish, smallish, slender, wee, bantam, miniature, itty-bitty, smaller, elfin, small, minute, ungenerous, puny, small-scale, mild, weensy, miniscule, olive-sized, midget

  9. adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownupadjective

    (of animals) fully developed

    «an adult animal»; «a grown woman»

    Synonyms:
    bountiful, magnanimous, full-grown, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, heavy(p), giving, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), with child(p), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, pornographic, big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    soft, humble, undersized, teeny, puny, half-size, undersize, microscopic, itty-bitty, ungenerous, teeny-weeny, slim, wee, dwarfish, runty, teensy-weensy, diminutive, invisible, miniscule, weeny, olive-sized, microscopical, small-scale, lesser, petite, bitty, minute, dinky, pocketable, flyspeck, lilliputian, smallish, small, stingy, miniature, bittie, infinitesimal, minuscule, slender, littler, weensy, micro, little, tiny, itsy-bitsy, pocket-size, immature, light, inconspicuous, smaller, elflike, elfin, shrimpy, subatomic, gnomish, midget, nonpregnant, unimportant, pocket-sized, teensy, mild, temperate, bantam, atomic, meanspirited, teentsy

  10. bigadjective

    marked by intense physical force

    «a big wind»

    Synonyms:
    magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, with child(p), giving, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    slender, half-size, temperate, midget, elflike, undersize, ungenerous, nonpregnant, teeny-weeny, puny, stingy, itsy-bitsy, dwarfish, lilliputian, weensy, runty, miniature, humble, teentsy, pocketable, bitty, olive-sized, pocket-size, diminutive, littler, mild, little, soft, teensy-weensy, lesser, infinitesimal, slim, bantam, smallish, petite, flyspeck, small-scale, weeny, bittie, itty-bitty, gnomish, minuscule, invisible, microscopical, unimportant, subatomic, tiny, dinky, small, inconspicuous, minute, undersized, teensy, immature, pocket-sized, atomic, shrimpy, light, micro, smaller, teeny, elfin, microscopic, miniscule, wee, meanspirited

  11. big, large, magnanimousadjective

    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»

    Synonyms:
    magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, braggy, with child(p), giving, bombastic, greathearted, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, tumid, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, turgid, heavy(p), big(a), self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, declamatory, adult, orotund, gravid, big(p), crowing

    Antonyms:
    teensy-weensy, temperate, teentsy, smallish, undersize, pocket-sized, gnomish, inconspicuous, small-scale, ungenerous, dwarfish, teeny, diminutive, bantam, runty, weeny, olive-sized, flyspeck, meanspirited, small, slim, bitty, micro, miniature, lilliputian, minute, humble, puny, teeny-weeny, half-size, weensy, midget, soft, elfin, undersized, nonpregnant, slender, infinitesimal, shrimpy, pocket-size, bittie, unimportant, subatomic, littler, itty-bitty, stingy, wee, immature, teensy, dinky, elflike, petite, light, miniscule, little, invisible, itsy-bitsy, microscopical, minuscule, tiny, smaller, atomic, microscopic, lesser, pocketable, mild

  12. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhandedadjective

    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»

    Synonyms:
    plentiful, magnanimous, bountiful, prominent, big, vainglorious, cock-a-hoop, free, braggy, good-looking, with child(p), fine-looking, giving, large-minded, grownup, grown, large(p), enceinte, well-favoured, bounteous, liberal, self-aggrandizing, broad, swelled, handsome, fully grown, braggart(a), bighearted, expectant, freehand, tolerant, heavy(a), great(p), large, bragging(a), bad, freehanded, heavy(p), well-favored, big(a), better-looking, self-aggrandising, boastful, full-grown, openhanded, adult, gravid, big(p), crowing, loose

    Antonyms:
    meanspirited, microscopic, elfin, flyspeck, small-scale, minuscule, undersize, temperate, pocketable, miniature, lesser, soft, bantam, teensy, microscopical, pocket-sized, teensy-weensy, ungenerous, little, gnomish, smallish, wee, unimportant, pocket-size, smaller, humble, teeny-weeny, minute, petite, dinky, elflike, littler, teeny, bittie, dwarfish, stingy, undersized, weeny, weensy, itsy-bitsy, subatomic, itty-bitty, atomic, infinitesimal, shrimpy, slim, half-size, diminutive, immature, lilliputian, bitty, puny, inconspicuous, mild, miniscule, invisible, light, slender, runty, teentsy, small, olive-sized, tiny, micro, nonpregnant, midget

  13. big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)adverb

    in an advanced stage of pregnancy

    «was big with child»; «was great with child»

    Antonyms:
    humble, smallish, ungenerous, tiny, slim, mild, smaller, teeny-weeny, pocket-size, midget, miniature, weeny, meanspirited, soft, invisible, elflike, olive-sized, itty-bitty, teensy, slender, unimportant, lilliputian, shrimpy, itsy-bitsy, immature, miniscule, elfin, weensy, littler, micro, dwarfish, wee, diminutive, atomic, gnomish, petite, puny, little, dinky, small-scale, lesser, bittie, pocket-sized, infinitesimal, subatomic, bitty, runty, microscopic, minuscule, microscopical, teeny, half-size, pocketable, small, temperate, teentsy, teensy-weensy, undersize, flyspeck, light, bantam, undersized, minute, inconspicuous, nonpregnant, stingy

  14. bigadverb

    extremely well

    «his performance went over big»

    Synonyms:
    vauntingly, boastfully, large

    Antonyms:
    lilliputian, teensy-weensy, invisible, itty-bitty, gnomish, slim, elfin, miniscule, stingy, smaller, weensy, bittie, olive-sized, diminutive, slender, ungenerous, microscopical, miniature, elflike, dwarfish, mild, undersize, inconspicuous, micro, soft, pocket-size, puny, flyspeck, teeny, atomic, lesser, light, teensy, humble, small-scale, littler, bitty, minuscule, smallish, tiny, minute, dinky, undersized, midget, bantam, microscopic, subatomic, weeny, teentsy, half-size, wee, shrimpy, petite, meanspirited, teeny-weeny, nonpregnant, little, infinitesimal, pocket-sized, small, unimportant, temperate, pocketable, runty, immature, itsy-bitsy

  15. boastfully, vauntingly, big, largeadverb

    in a boastful manner

    «he talked big all evening»

    Synonyms:
    vauntingly, large, boastfully, big

    Antonyms:
    invisible, slim, petite, micro, puny, humble, dwarfish, dinky, elflike, weeny, bittie, bantam, half-size, mild, lesser, smallish, infinitesimal, teentsy, elfin, unimportant, slender, small, lilliputian, microscopical, teensy-weensy, pocketable, midget, runty, pocket-size, atomic, stingy, itsy-bitsy, minuscule, itty-bitty, teeny-weeny, diminutive, shrimpy, ungenerous, nonpregnant, littler, inconspicuous, weensy, wee, miniature, little, bitty, teensy, microscopic, undersize, pocket-sized, flyspeck, temperate, light, gnomish, teeny, soft, miniscule, small-scale, tiny, immature, smaller, minute, meanspirited, undersized, subatomic, olive-sized

  16. bigadverb

    on a grand scale

    «think big»

    Synonyms:
    vauntingly, boastfully, large

    Antonyms:
    slender, invisible, unimportant, bantam, teentsy, weensy, bitty, pocket-size, lesser, pocket-sized, elflike, microscopical, soft, little, teeny, pocketable, minute, microscopic, petite, shrimpy, subatomic, infinitesimal, immature, littler, itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, ungenerous, meanspirited, humble, smaller, small, diminutive, smallish, puny, runty, dwarfish, itty-bitty, stingy, flyspeck, minuscule, micro, tiny, undersize, inconspicuous, miniature, temperate, olive-sized, gnomish, nonpregnant, mild, wee, lilliputian, slim, atomic, teensy, dinky, light, miniscule, teensy-weensy, midget, elfin, bittie, small-scale, undersized, half-size, weeny

  17. bigadverb

    in a major way

    «the play failed big at the box office»

    Synonyms:
    vauntingly, boastfully, large

    Antonyms:
    slender, light, smallish, itty-bitty, teensy, lesser, microscopic, little, bitty, small-scale, minute, unimportant, teensy-weensy, flyspeck, undersize, humble, puny, miniature, ungenerous, meanspirited, atomic, miniscule, weeny, soft, midget, microscopical, wee, slim, undersized, lilliputian, teentsy, diminutive, bantam, bittie, weensy, itsy-bitsy, elfin, nonpregnant, dinky, temperate, shrimpy, subatomic, teeny-weeny, pocket-size, minuscule, petite, pocket-sized, elflike, micro, inconspicuous, stingy, gnomish, littler, dwarfish, small, pocketable, immature, tiny, runty, infinitesimal, mild, olive-sized, invisible, half-size, teeny, smaller

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    it is a large object,very large object

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  1. bigadjective

    Synonyms:
    great, large, huge, bulky, massive, massy

  2. bigadjective

    Synonyms:
    haughty, arrogant, proud, pompous, important, swelling, blustering, assuming, self-conceited, self-sufficient

  3. bigadjective

    Synonyms:
    pregnant, ENCEINTE, with child, in the family way

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  1. bigadjective

    Synonyms:
    large, huge, bulky, massive, immense, gross, voluminous, capacious, extensive, pregnant, arrogant, overbearing, lordly, magisterial, pompous, bombastic, grandiose, grandiloquent, highflown, sesquipedalian, inflated, turgid

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  1. List of paraphrases for «big»:

    large, great, major, tai, grand, fat, huge, gros, significant, vast, grosse, considerable, oig, wide, substantial, enormous, grande, high, broad, wholesale, important, main, large-scale, tall, largest, begg, serious, much, heavy, massive, bulk, tremendous, senior, larger, grandes, big-ass

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  1. Janet Yellen:

    Neither the president-elect, nor I, propose this relief package without an appreciation for the country’s debt burden. But right now, with interest rates at historic lows, the smartest thing we can do is act big, i believe the benefits will far outweigh the costs, especially if we care about helping people who have been struggling for a very long time.

  2. Tim Ghriskey:

    The market’s had a big run, that’s made some investors a bit skittish, cautious, so we’re not seeing a really strong day.

  3. Charles Caudrelier:

    You have some highs, but you have some big lows and it’s hard to stay together.

  4. James Lankford:

    Federal spending is what actually spurred this inflation that we’re experiencing right now, when Democrats passed their big bill last March, that dropped $2 billion into the economy of federal spending, onto an economy that was already growing, it supercharged our economy and led to the high inflation we have now.

  5. Chaitanya Giri:

    Big democracies right now are singing in a chorus, they understand what’s at stake.


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What is another word for “big”? This lesson provides a list of commonly used synonyms for “big” with useful example sentences and ESL images. Learning these words to use instead of “big” will help you broaden your vocabulary.

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Big Synonym

Big Definition and Examples

Meaning of “Big”:

Adjective: To be large or massive in stature, size, or dimension; or be large in quantity, quality, or numbers

  • Example:  “The last tanker dad commanded was over 200,000 tons. Man, was it big!”

Adverb: Being in a large or massive manner

  • Example: “ Think big, Sam. Where do you imagine yourself in the next five years?”

Other Words for “Big”

Common synonyms for the word “big”.

  • Bulky
  • Burly
  • Colossal
  • Considerable
  • Elephantine
  • Enormous
  • Extensive
  • Giant
  • Gigantic
  • Great
  • Huge
  • Immense
  • Large
  • Mammoth
  • Massive
  • Ponderous
  • Prodigious
  • Spacious
  • Substantial
  • Vast
  • Voluminous

A huge list of 100+ different words to use instead of “big”.

  • Abundant
  • Adult
  • Ample
  • Benevolent
  • Big shot
  • Big time
  • Bighearted
  • Big-league
  • Bigwig
  • Bounteous
  • Bountiful
  • Broad
  • Brobdingnagian
  • Bulky
  • Burly
  • Capacious
  • Charitable
  • Colossal
  • Consequential
  • Considerable
  • Considerate
  • Copious
  • Earnest
  • Elephantine
  • Enormous
  • Essential
  • Expansive
  • Expectant
  • Extensive
  • Fat
  • Formidable
  • Gargantuan
  • Generous
  • Giant
  • Gigantic
  • Giving
  • Goodly
  • Grand
  • Grave
  • Great
  • Grown
  • Haughty
  • Heavy
  • Hefty
  • Herculean
  • High
  • Historic
  • Huge
  • Hulking
  • Humongous
  • Immense
  • Important
  • Impressive
  • Inflated
  • Influential
  • Jumbo
  • Large
  • Largest
  • Liberal
  • Long
  • Magnanimous
  • Major
  • Mammoth
  • Massive
  • Material
  • Mature
  • Meaningful
  • Mighty
  • Momentous
  • Monstrous
  • Monumental
  • Mountain
  • Mountainous
  • Notable
  • Obese
  • Outstanding
  • Oversize
  • Ponderous
  • Pretentious
  • Prodigious
  • Remarkable
  • Serious
  • Significant
  • Sizable
  • Sizeable
  • Spacious
  • Stout
  • Strong
  • Stupendous
  • Substantial
  • Swingeing
  • Tall
  • Terrific
  • Thumping
  • Towering
  • Tremendous
  • Vast
  • Vital
  • Voluminous
  • Weighty
  • Whopping

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Big Synonyms with Examples

Learn another word for “big” with example sentences.

  • Bulky

 Her padded coat made her look very bulky.

  • Burly

 Two burly men were on the doorstep.

  • Colossal

The singer earns a colossal amount of money.

  • Considerable

We’ve saved a considerable amount of money.

  • Elephantine

She’s so tiny she makes me feel elephantine.

  • Enormous

He had enormous charm and a great sense of humour.

  • Extensive

He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.

  • Giant

The most popular exhibit in the museum was a giant animatronic dinosaur.

  • Gigantic

 A gigantic task of national reconstruction awaits us.

  • Great

There is great difference between word and deed.

  • Huge

The bomb blew a huge hole in the ground.

  • Immense

People who travel by rail still read an immense amount.

  • Large

He has a large circle of acquaintances.

  • Mammoth

Cleaning up the city-wide mess is going to be a mammoth task.

  • Massive

We must make massive efforts to improve it.

  • Ponderous

His steps were heavy and ponderous.

  • Prodigious

She wrote a truly prodigious number of novels.

  • Spacious

Our yard is spacious enough for a swimming pool.

  • Substantial

We have the support of a substantial number of parents.

  • Vast

We have a vast expanse of cultivated land.

  • Voluminous

He took voluminous notes during the lecture.

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Are you looking for some other words for “big”? Here are 49 fantastic synonyms words for “big” you can use instead.

Another Word for Big

This is a list of many synonyms words for “big” in English.

  • Sizable
  • Whopping
  • Oversized
  • Colossal
  • Massive
  • Extensive
  • Enormous
  • Vast
  • Mammoth
  • Monumental
  • Gargantuan
  • Roomy
  • Mega
  • Considerable
  • Fat
  • Full
  • Gigantic
  • Hefty
  • Huge
  • Immense
  • Substantial
  • Ample
  • Awash
  • Brimming
  • Bulky
  • Bull
  • Burly
  • Capacious
  • Chock-full
  • Commodious
  • Copious
  • Crowded
  • Heavy-duty
  • Heavyweight
  • Hulking
  • Humongous
  • Husky
  • Mondo
  • Monster
  • Packed
  • Ponderous
  • Prodigious
  • Numerous
  • King-sized
  • Jumbo
  • Multitude
  • Towering
  • Large
  • Great

Examples of Big Synonyms

Sizable

  • Salads, on the other hand, are simple, satisfying, and sizable.

Whopping

  • She had a whopping great bruise on her arm.

Oversized

  • She wore high tops, blue jeans, and an oversized dark jacket.

Colossal

  • The singer earns a colossal amount of money.

Massive

  • There is a massive monument in the square.

Extensive

  • The museum offers extensive facilities for study.

Enormous

  • It was an enormous task that affected every stratum of society.

Vast

  • We have a vast expanse of cultivated land.

Mammoth

  • Cleaning up the city-wide mess is going to be a mammoth task.

Monumental

  • We have a monumental task ahead of us.

Gargantuan

  • John filled me in on the essential details while I was devouring that gargantuan breakfast.

Roomy

  • The house was large and roomy; just right for us.

Mega

  • She’s got a mega voice.

Considerable

  • We’ve saved a considerable amount of money.

Fat

  • I think it’s a fat chance.

Full

  • He felt bright and cheerful and full of energy.

Gigantic

  • The whole thing is just a gigantic illusion.

Hefty

  • The government received a hefty dose of bad news this week.

Huge

  • He bought a huge house to accommodate his library.

Immense

  • People who travel by rail still read an immense amount.

Substantial

  • Their share of the software market is substantial.

Ample

  • There was ample time to get to the airport.

Awash

  • The village is awash with history, legends, and local charm.

Brimming

  • Her heart was brimming over with happiness.

Bulky

  • The room was full of bulky old furniture.

Burly

  • The farmer was a big, burly man with a red face.

Capacious

  • When you come to the village, of greet is to arrange orderly aa citizen, capacious street.

Chock-full

  • I didn’t go home until rain chock-full.

Commodious

  • His house is spacious and commodious and furnishes with profusion and elegance.

Copious

  • He could drink copious amounts of beer without ill effect.

Crowded

  • The street was crowded with shoppers.

Heavy-duty

  • Today, she was going to do some heavy-duty cleaning.

Heavyweight

  • He was a heavyweight boxer before he became an actor.

Hulking

  • We can’t move that hulking great desk on our own

Humongous

  • He loves humongous baked potatoes piled high with sour cream.

Husky

  • She’s got a nice husky voice – very sexy.

Ponderous

  • His steps were heavy and ponderous.

Prodigious

  • Building the bridge was a prodigious feat of engineering and finance.

Numerous

  • The same word can carry numerous meanings.

King-sized

  • I booked a luxury room with a king-sized bed here for tonight.

Jumbo

  • A couple of jumbo jets could land on the floor space that houses this bash.

Multitude

  • The city has a multitude of problems, from homelessness to drugs and murder.

Towering

  • Seen from afar, its towering buildings beckon the visitor in.

Large

  • She took a large gulp of wine from the bottle.

Great

  • She felt a great sense of pride as she watched him accept the award.

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