big synonyms

big

modif.

  1. Of great size

    large, huge, great; see high 1, large 1, long 1.

  2. Grown, or partially grown

    grown-up, full-grown, adult, elder; see mature 1.

  3. Important

    prominent, significant, influential, consequential; see important 1, 2.

  4. Pompous

    presumptuous, pretentious, boastful, imperious; see egotistic 2, pompous, proud 2.

  5. Loud

    roaring, deafening, heavy; see loud 1.

  6. Generous

    magnanimous, liberal, unselfish; see generous 1, 2.

  7. With child

    gravid, parturient, expecting*; see pregnant 1.

  8. *Pompously

    pretentiously, boastfully, ostentatiously, flamboyantly; see pompously. See syn. study at large.

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