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1

as in major

having great meaning or lasting effect

there will be a big meeting to resolve the issue


2

as in large

of a size greater than average of its kind

bought a big apple to quench his raging appetite


3

as in great

having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature

how big of you to give your subordinates most of the credit


4

as in rich

having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)

inexperienced wine drinkers should not start with such a big wine


5

as in main

coming before all others in importance

the big story that year was the election of the president


6

as in fashionable

enjoying widespread favor or approval

jackets with very wide lapels were big that year


7

as in pregnant

containing unborn young within the body

a mare big with a foal


1

as in heavy

one of high position or importance within a group

with that new promotion he’s now one of the bigs in the company


2

as in major league

usually bigs plural

the highest level of a field of endeavor

a candidate who is running for president is playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes

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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

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  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

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  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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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

    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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  1. large object

    it is a large object,very large object

    that is a big dog

    Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

  2. exaggerate

    Submitted by anonymous on November 9, 2020  

  3. hagga

    a large or enormous 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. Andrew Farke:

    In most features, it’s virtually identical to them, and that’s cool because it adds support for this idea that, around 110 million years ago or so, there was a big influx of animals from Asia into North America.

  2. Philip Fearnside:

    It’s obvious that it’s going to be a big increase this year.

  3. Sanaa Lathan:

    It came in my life at a time I was kind of rethinking beliefs and desires, and actually my hair was a big part of that.

  4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    For those trying to change god’s creations I say this-there was no-big bang-atheistic revelation. Jah exists before time. Faith is belief confirmed by truth. Faith happens. Faith fears not. Faith empowers. God is faith. Seek faith! faith is-without which there is none. Wise up and seek truth on which faith lives.

  5. Alexander Borodai:

    To be honest, I expect that the Minsk 2 agreements will not be observed, in the same manner as the Minsk 1 agreements were not, and at the end of the day the Ukrainian army will launch an offensive. This is a very probable development … I am not sure that it will end without a big war, as Russia cannot tolerate this sore on its borders forever.


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синонимы big

В этом уроке изучаем синонимы BIG. Вот вы знали, что есть как минимум 20 синонимов к слову big?
Слабо их все назвать?))

А ведь некоторые искренне верят в то, что английский –
бедный язык. У меня плохие новости. Это не английский – бедный, это ИХ
английский – бедный)) Уж извините за прямолинейность.

И все же, какие есть синонимы big?

Синонимы ‘big’

  • large
  • great
  • huge
  • enormous
  • giant
  • massive
  • substantial
  • considerable
  • gigantic
  • hefty
  • sizeable
  • immense
  • tremendous
  • vast
  • colossal
  • grand
  • profound
  • major
  • monumental
  • dramatic

И это еще не все, поверьте!

Подробнее о том, зачем вообще нужны синонимы.

Разница между синонимами big

Как мы уже увидели, у слова big нереально много
синонимов. Как же в них не запутаться?

И хотя толковые англо-английские словари — мегаполезная вещь, словарные определения разных синонимов не добавляют ясности. Вот вы видите большую разницу между этими определениями?

  • notably large in size, amount or extent
  • exceptionally large or heavy
  • large and heavy, impressively large
  • of considerable importance, size or worth
  • abnormally or extremely large
  • extremely large or great, especially in scale or
    degree

Вот и я нет))

Вообще, конечно, многие синонимы big можно использовать взаимозаменямо.

Но не всегда и не все. Гораздо полезнее для понимания разницы (а также грамотной речи и увеличения словарного запаса) между синонимами — знание устойчивых словосочетаний, collocations.

У каждого слова
в английском языке есть свои устойчивые словосочетания. Как в русском языке –
продолжите словосочетания:

  • минеральная …
  • график …
  • ясное …
  • застрял …

Практически уверена, что вы продолжили фразы так:

  • минеральная вода
  • график работы
  • ясное небо
  • застрял в лифте, застрял в пробке

Точно такие же словосочетания есть и у английских слов. Их
можно проверить в Collocations Dictionary– словаре словосочетаний.

Вот давайте и посмотрим на устойчивые словосочетания с
синонимами слова big.
Само слово big трогать не будем, оно практически универсальное. И
словосочетаний с ним – огромное множество:

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Как и у слов large, great,
huge, major
(полистайте слайдшоу):

Заметили, сколько словосочетаний у слова great? Какое-то крышесносное количество! Знаете, почему?

Потому что помимо значения «большой», у great есть еще значение «прекрасный, замечательный», а вместе с ним — частые словосочетания.

Словосочетания с синонимами big

Синонимы к слову big и словосочетания с ними во многом
пересекаются, например, слово amount сочетается со всеми синонимами big:

considerable,
enormous, huge,
immense, large, massive,
significant, substantial,
tremendous,
vast
  amount

Поэтому постараюсь выбрать те словосочетания с синонимами big, которые практически не
пересекаются с другими, ну или встречаются чаще других.

Синонимы big   Распространенные словосочетания
 

enormous   appetite, crowd, ego,
pressure, workload
giant   corporation,
leap, mall,
mess, monster, screen,
snake, spider, statue,
step, tree, wave
massive   amount,
blast, bleeding,
collection, effort, loss,
scale, understatement
substantial   benefit,
breakfast, debt,
donation, funding, meal
considerable   accuracy, attention,

concern, doubt, expertise,
modification, suspicion
gigantic   house,
proportion
hefty   bill, fee,
fine, investment,
sum, profit
sizeable   chunk,
donation,
investment, proportion
immense   charm,
complexity,
disappointment, love, pain,
significance, talent
tremendous   achievement,
admiration,
disservice, faith, force,
guilt, power
vast   area,
archive, assortment,
range, desert, knowledge,
majority, selection, territory
colossal   mistake,
statue, sum, waste
grand   building, gesture,
mansion,
illusion, opening, palace,
prize, theft
profound   apology,
belief, effect,
transformation,
understanding, wisdom
monumental   achievement,  arch,
proportion, scale
dramatic   contrast, change, decrease,
decline, increase, growth

Я даже не буду писать перевод всех этих словосочетаний на русский. Просто потому что в русском языке — свои устойчивые словосочетания для этих понятий. Например:

  • massive amount — огромное количество
  • massive blast — мощный взрыв
  • massive bleeding — обильное кровотечение

или:

  • grand gesture — широкий жест
  • grand illusion — огромная иллюзия
  • grand theft — кража века, крупная кража

И теперь в схемке — синонимы big с распространенными словосочетаниями:

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Предупреждение о синонимах

Только потому, что у слова big есть более
продвинутые синонимы, не значит, что ими нужно всегда заменять слово big.

А то был у нас в колхозе случай – ученик нашел в сети список синонимов к слову little, в числе которых были:

  • small
  • tiny
  • miniscule

Ну и, особо не разбираясь в нюансах значений и употребления,
выдал:

When I was
miniscule, I loved going to the zoo.

А
что – miniscule же круче, чем little! И неважно, что никто в здравом уме никогда не скажет When I was miniscule…))

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А вы подозревали, что у слова big столько синонимов? Как вообще после этого спать спокойно?)))

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