1. (

• large ,
• big ,

) above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "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" ;

2. (

• big

) significant; "graduation was a big day in his life" ;

3. (

• bad ,
• big

) very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" ;

4. (

• big

) loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds" ;

5. (

• big ,
• large ,
• prominent ,

) conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" ;

6. (

• big ,
• heavy ,

) prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" ;

7. (

• boastful ,
• braggart ,
• bragging ,
• braggy ,
• big ,
• cock-a-hoop ,
• crowing ,
• self-aggrandizing ,
• self-aggrandising

) exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" ;

8. (

• big ,
• swelled ,
• vainglorious

) feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" ;

9. (

• adult ,
• big ,
• full-grown ,
• fully_grown ,
• grown ,
• grownup

) (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" ;

10. (

• big

) marked by intense physical force; "a big wind" ;

11. (

• big ,
• large ,
• magnanimous

) generous and understanding and tolerant; "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" ;

12. (

• big ,
• bighearted ,
• bounteous ,
• bountiful ,
• freehanded ,
• handsome ,
• giving ,
• liberal ,
• openhanded

) given or giving freely; "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" ;

13. (

• big ,
• enceinte ,
• expectant ,
• gravid ,
• great ,
• large ,
• heavy ,
• with_child

) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" ;