Thesaurus
big
Synonyms and Antonyms of big
1
having great meaning or lasting effect
decisive, fatal, fateful, strategic
earnest, grave, heavy, serious, sincere
distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable
distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prestigious
all-important, central, critical, crucial, essential, key, pivotal, seminal, vital
2
of a size greater than average of its kind
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, hellacious, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, major, mammoth, massive, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, super, super-duper, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate
diminutive, half-pint, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little-bitty, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
3
having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature
4
having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)
5
coming before all others in importance
arch, capital, cardinal, central, chief, dominant, first, foremost, grand, great, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, master, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
6
enjoying widespread favor or approval
7
containing unborn young within the body
with child, with young
big
Synonyms and Antonyms of big
1
one of high position or importance within a group
big boy, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer, big shot, big wheel, big-timer, bigfoot, biggie, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kahuna, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel
2
usually bigs plural
the highest level of a field of endeavor
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