Big definition

Big as an adjective

1. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

   "set out for the big city"

   Same sense: large

2. significant

   "graduation was a big day in his life"

3. serious or severe

   "in a big rage"

   Same sense: bad

4. loud and firm

   "a big voice"

5. conspicuous in position or importance

   "a big figure in the movement"

   Same sense: large, prominent

6. prodigious

   "big spender"

   Same sense: heavy

7. exhibiting self-importance

   "big talk"

   Same sense: bragging, cock-a-hoop, crowing, boastful, braggart, self-aggrandizing, braggy, self-aggrandising

8. feeling self-importance

   "too big for his britches"

   Same sense: swelled, vainglorious

9. (of animals) fully developed

   Same sense: adult, grown, full-grown, fully grown, grownup

10. marked by intense physical force

    "a big wind"

11. generous and understanding and tolerant

    "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"

    Same sense: large, magnanimous

12. given or giving freely

    "was a big tipper"

    Same sense: giving, liberal, handsome, bountiful, bounteous, bighearted, freehanded, openhanded

13. in an advanced stage of pregnancy

    "was big with child"

    Same sense: great, large, with child, heavy, expectant, gravid, enceinte

Big as an adverb

14. extremely well

    "his performance went over big"

15. in a boastful manner

    "he talked big all evening"

    Same sense: large, boastfully, vauntingly

16. on a grand scale

    "think big"

17. in a major way

    "the play failed big at the box office"

Synonyms and antonyms

• large definition
• bad definition
• prominent
• heavy
• bragging
• cock-a-hoop
• crowing
• boastful
• braggart
• self-aggrandizing
• braggy
• self-aggrandising
• swelled
• vainglorious
• adult
• grown
• full-grown
• fully grown
• grownup
• magnanimous
• giving
• liberal
• handsome
• bountiful

Opposites: little, small.

All synonyms of big, sense by sense

How to say big

Big has 1 syllable and rhymes with dig. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with big

• dig
• pig
• fig
• gig
• rig
• wig
• brig
• mig
• jig
• zig
• twig
• whig

All 19 words that rhyme with big

BIG in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

1

Is BIG a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check BIG in the word checker, or unscramble BIG to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.