Big crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Big” are GREAT, LARGE or SUPER, with 5 letters. Below are 74 answers from 3 to 12 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

BAD 3 letters · adjective

serious or severe “a bad headache”

HUGE 4 letters · adjective

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope “huge government spending”

GREAT 5 letters · adjective

in an advanced stage of pregnancy “was great with child”

GIVING 6 letters · adjective

given or giving freely “Saturday's child is loving and giving”

MASSIVE 7 letters · adjective

imposing in size or bulk or solidity “massive oak doors”

EXTENDED 8 letters · adjective

relatively long in duration; tediously protracted “an extended discussion”

IMPORTANT 9 letters · adjective

of great significance or value “important people”

CONSPICUOUS 11 letters · adjective

obvious to the eye or mind “a tower conspicuous at a great distance”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HUGE, DEEP, WIDE, LOUD, VAST and EPIC all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: H → HUGE · D → DEEP · W → WIDE · L → LOUD · V → VAST · E → EPIC. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, GREAT, LARGE, SUPER, HEAVY, GRAND and ADULT all fit. The fourth letter tells them all apart: A → GREAT · G → LARGE · E → SUPER · V → HEAVY · N → GRAND · L → ADULT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, GIVING, DOUBLE, LARGER, MATURE, GRAVID and BRAGGY all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: N → GIVING · L → DOUBLE · E → LARGER · R → MATURE · I → GRAVID · G → BRAGGY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “bigs” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “big” means

• adjective: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent (“set out for the big city”)
• adjective: significant (“graduation was a big day in his life”)
• adjective: serious or severe (“in a big rage”)
• adjective: loud and firm (“a big voice”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as BIG, and words whose definition is BIG. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.