Thesaurus results for BIGS

bigs

noun

plural of big

as in major league

the highest level of a field of endeavor a candidate who is running for president is playing in the bigs and cannot afford to make major mistakes

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Recent Examples of bigs After rotating regularly between four bigs for much of the year, Gottlieb entrusted redshirt freshman Laura Williams with the lion’s share of opportunities at the five Thursday. —

Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026 Guerschon Yabusele and Nick Richards are assigned the lofty task of being viable big-minute bigs, and the backcourt features more agendas and guards to play than seems feasible. —

Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 Booker stood up to the Boilermakers’ bigs, blocking three shots of his own, playing a season-high 35 minutes three days after being iced out of the rotation against the Buckeyes. —

Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026 Adding Keon Ellis and Dennis Schroder gives the Cavs the deepest back court in the East, and if Harden’s play-making can elevate Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen as pick-and-roll or pick-and-pop bigs, the Cavs could be the team best positioned to spoil New York’s championship run. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026 Head coach Joe Mazzulla has favored Williams over veteran reserve bigs Xavier Tillman and Chris Boucher in recent weeks, using him as the team’s third center behind Neemias Queta and Luka Garza. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026 Feed the bigs One thing the Horned Frogs have figured it out is how dynamic their frontcourt duo of junior Xavier Edmonds and sophomore David Punch has become. —

Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026 But Missi, 6-11, is 0 for 1 on threes, while the 7-0 Ware is 32 for 101, displaying the type of range that makes NBA bigs more valuable in the modern era. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2025 Florida is probably one of the few teams with the frontcourt strength to neutralize Maryland bigs Derik Queen and Julian Reese. —

Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025

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Noun

Jack Leiter, who had his first full major league season in 2025, is a year and two months younger than Gore.

— Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
No major league team has won more than 116 games.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026