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Big a. [Compar. Bigger; superl. Biggest.]
1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. “He's too big to go in there.”
2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. --Addison.
3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer. Taylor.
Note: ☞ Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced.
To talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.
I talked big to them at first. --De Foe.
Syn: -- Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.
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Big·ger a., compar. of Big.
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big
adj 1: 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" [syn: large] [ant: small, small]
2: significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"
3: of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb
was a very big decision"; "a momentous event" [syn: momentous]
4: 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" [syn: large, prominent]
5: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
(or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: bad]
6: loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
7: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
[syn: big(a), heavy(a)]
8: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
woman" [syn: adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown,
grownup]
9: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"
10: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a
swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: swelled,
vainglorious]
11: older brother or sister; "big sister" [syn: big(a), elder,
older] [ant: little(a)]
12: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a),
bragging(a), braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing,
self-aggrandising]
13: 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" [syn: large, magnanimous]
14: 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"
[syn: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded,
handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]
15: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant,
gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with
child(p)]
adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over big"
2: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: boastfully,
vauntingly, large]
3: on a grand scale; "think big" [ant: small]
4: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"
[also: biggest, bigger]
bigger
adj : large or big relative to something else [syn: larger]