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Words with a similar base: big, bighearted

'big'

[large.a.01] as in: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

Examples:
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

'big'

[big.s.01] as in: significant

Examples:
graduation was a big day in his life

'big'

[bad.s.01] as in: very intense

Examples:
a bad headache
in a big rage
had a big (or bad) shock
a bad earthquake
a bad storm

'big'

[big.s.03] as in: loud and firm

Examples:
a big voice
big bold piano sounds

'big'

[big.s.04] as in: conspicuous in position or importance

Examples:
a big figure in the movement
big man on campus
he's very large in financial circles
a prominent citizen

'big'

[big.s.05] as in: prodigious

Examples:
big spender
big eater
heavy investor

'big'

[boastful.s.01] as in: exhibiting self-importance

Examples:
big talk

'big'

[big.s.07] as in: feeling self-importance

Examples:
too big for his britches
had a swelled head
he was swelled with pride

'big'

[adult.s.01] as in: (of animals) fully developed

Examples:
an adult animal
a grown woman

'big'

[big.s.09] as in: marked by intense physical force

Examples:
a big wind

'big'

[big.s.10] as in: generous and understanding and tolerant

Examples:
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

'big'

[big.s.11] as in: given or giving freely

Examples:
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

'big'

[big.s.12] as in: in an advanced stage of pregnancy

Examples:
was big with child
was great with child

'big'

[big.r.01] as in: extremely well

Examples:
his performance went over big

'big'

[boastfully.r.01] as in: in a boastful manner

Examples:
he talked big all evening

'big'

[big.r.03] as in: on a grand scale

Examples:
think big

'big'

[big.r.04] as in: in a major way

Examples:
the play failed big at the box office