Synonyms for big
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Of great size
large, huge, great; see high 1, large 1, long 1.
Grown, or partially grown
grown-up, full-grown, adult, elder; see mature 1.
Important
prominent, significant, influential, consequential; see important 1, 2.
Pompous
presumptuous, pretentious, boastful, imperious; see egotistic 2, pompous, proud 2.
Loud
roaring, deafening, heavy; see loud 1.
Generous
magnanimous, liberal, unselfish; see generous 1, 2.
With child
gravid, parturient, expecting*; see pregnant 1.
*Pompously
pretentiously, boastfully, ostentatiously, flamboyantly; see pompously. See syn. study at large.
See big in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Notably above average in amount, size, or scope:
considerable, extensive, good, great, healthy, large, large-scale, sizable. (Informal) tidy. See bigHaving reached full growth and development:
adult, developed, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown-up, mature, ripe. Idiom: of age. See youthCarrying a developing fetus within the uterus:
enceinte, expectant, expecting, gravid, parturient, pregnant. (Slang) gone. (Archaic) great. Idioms: in a family way, with child. See reproductionFull to the point of flowing over:
awash, brimful, brimming, overflowing. See big, richHaving great significance:
consequential, considerable, historic, important, large, material, meaningful, monumental, significant, substantial. See importantWilling to give of oneself and one's possessions:
big-hearted, generous, great-hearted, large-hearted, magnanimous, unselfish. See give
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