Related Words for the big leagues

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acute
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
adults
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Noun
alloys
/x
Noun, Verb
ambitious
x/x
Adjective
ample
/x
Adjective
anglo
/x
Name
ardent
/x
Adjective
artillery
x/xx
Noun
associations
xxx/x
Noun
astronomical
xx/xx
Adjective
auto
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
awesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
banner
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
barbie
/x
Name
beau
/
Noun, Verb
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
beefy
/x
Adjective
beg
/
Verb, Noun
belle
/
Name
beverly
/xx
Name
bighorn
/x
Noun
bigness
/x
Noun
boastful
/x
Adjective
boss
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bouncy
/x
Adjective
bountiful
/xx
Adjective
bragging
/x
Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bulky
/x
Adjective
bushy
/x
Adjective, Noun
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
capacious
x/x
Adjective
championships
/xxx
Adjective
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chubby
/x
Adjective, Noun
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
civil
/x
Adjective, Name
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clubs
/
Noun
coarse
/
Adjective
colossal
x/x
Adjective
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
companies
/xx
Noun
comprehensive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
confederations
xxx/x
Noun
congress
/x
Name, Verb
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
conspicuous
x/xx
Adjective
copious
/xx
Adjective
corpulent
/xx
Adjective
cosmic
/x
Adjective
crested
/x
Adjective, Name
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
crowing
/x
Noun
crucial
/x
Adjective
crummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
darn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
daunting
/x
Adjective, Noun
dawg
/
Noun
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
diseases
x/x
Noun
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
elder
/x
Noun, Verb
eldest
/x
Adjective, Noun
elephantine
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
enlarged
x/
Adjective
enormous
x/x
Adjective
epic
/x
Noun, Adjective
essential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
excellent
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
excessive
x/x
Adjective
expectant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extended
x/x
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
famous
/x
Adjective, Verb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fatty
/x
Noun, Adjective
federations
xx/x
Noun
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
flabby
/x
Adjective
formidable
/xxx
Adjective
fort
/
Noun, Verb
fraternities
x/xx
Noun
frigging
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
funny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
galactic
x/x
Adjective, Name
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gangs
/
Verb
gargantuan
x/xx
Adjective
general
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
generous
/xx
Adjective
giant
/x
Adjective, Noun
gigantic
x/x
Adjective
giving
/x
Adjective, Noun
goddam
/x
Noun
gomer
/x
Name
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gran
/
Noun
grandi
/x
Name
grandiose
xx/
Adjective
grands
/
Noun
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gravid
xx
Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
gros
/
Adverb
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
grote
/
Name
grown
/
Adjective
guilds
/
Noun
handsome
/x
Adjective, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heavyweight
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hefty
/x
Adjective, Noun
heroic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
highly
/x
Adverb
holy
/x
Name, Adjective
horrible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
huge
/
Adjective
hulking
/x
Adjective, Noun
illnesses
/xx
Noun
immense
x/
Adjective, Noun
imperial
x/xx
Adjective, Name
important
x/x
Adjective
impressive
x/x
Adjective
innermost
/xx
Adjective, Noun
intemperate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
intense
x/
Adjective
ira
/x
Name
jackpot
/x
Noun, Verb
juicy
/x
Adjective
jumbo
/x
Adjective, Noun
keen
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lakes
/
Noun
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
leading
/x
Adjective, Noun
league
/
Noun, Verb
leopard
/x
Noun
liberal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lodges
/x
Noun, Verb
lofty
/x
Adjective, Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
loud
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lovely
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lucrative
/xx
Adjective
lupus
/x
Noun
macro
/x
Adjective, Noun
magnanimous
x/xx
Adjective
magnitude
/xx
Noun
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
mainstream
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
majestic
x/x
Adjective
majors
/x
Noun
mammoth
/x
Adjective, Noun
many
/x
Adjective, Noun
mari
/x
Name
marked
/
Adjective
mass
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
massive
/x
Adjective, Noun
mature
x/
Adjective, Verb
mcdonald
x/x
Name
mega
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
metro
/x
Noun, Adjective
metropolitan
xx/xx
Name, Adjective
mighty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
miles
/
Noun, Adverb
mints
/
Noun
momentous
x/x
Adjective
monolithic
xx/x
Adjective
monstrous
/x
Adjective
monumental
xx/x
Adjective
mountainous
/xx
Adjective
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
naughty
/x
Adjective, Verb
nice
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
obvious
/xx
Adjective
old
/
Adjective, Noun
orchestras
/xx
Noun
outsized
/x
Adjective
overall
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
overarching
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
oversize
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
oversized
/xx
Adjective
overweight
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
overwhelming
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
paige
/
Name
paramount
/xx
Adjective, Name
partnerships
/xx
Noun
peg
/
Noun, Verb
powerful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
pregnant
/x
Adjective, Noun
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
primary
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prodigious
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
profound
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prominent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
proud
/
Adjective, Noun
provost
/x
Noun, Verb
puffy
/x
Adjective
railroads
/x
Noun
rangy
/x
Adjective
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
redneck
/x
Noun
remarkable
x/xx
Adjective
resounding
x/x
Adjective
rich
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
riding
/x
Noun
roomy
/x
Adjective, Noun
rough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rude
/
Adjective
sacred
/x
Adjective
seminaries
/xxx
Noun
senior
/x
Adjective, Name
serious
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
severe
x/
Adjective, Noun
sharp
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shippers
/x
Noun
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
sincere
x/
Adjective, Noun
sizable
/xx
Adjective
sizeable
/xx
Adjective
sizes
/x
Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
southern
/x
Adjective, Name
spacious
/x
Adjective
special
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
squads
/
Noun
stocky
/x
Adjective
stout
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
strenuous
/xx
Adjective
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
stupendous
x/x
Adjective
stupid
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
substantial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
substantive
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
super
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
swelled
/
Adjective
syndicates
/xx
Noun
tai
/
Noun
tall
/
Adjective, Noun
tate
/
Name
terrible
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
terrific
x/x
Adjective
theaters
/xx
Noun
theatres
/xx
Noun
thick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
thumping
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
titanic
x/x
Name, Adjective
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tournaments
/xx
Noun
tremendous
x/x
Adjective
troupes
/
Noun
true
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
trusty
/x
Adjective, Noun
university
xx/xx
Name
utmost
/x
Adjective, Noun
vast
/
Adjective, Noun
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
vital
/x
Adjective, Noun
voluminous
x/xx
Adjective
waist
/
Noun
warm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
western
/x
Adjective, Name
whacking
/x
Adjective, Noun
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
wholesale
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
whopping
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
wide
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
widespread
//
Adjective
with child
//
Phrase, Adjective
wonderful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
younger
/x
Noun