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1. large (vs. small), big (vs. little) -- (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. big, momentous -- (of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event").
4. 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").
5. bad, big -- (very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm").
6. big -- (loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds").
7. big(prenominal), heavy(prenominal) -- (prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor").
8. adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup -- ((of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman").
9. big -- (marked by intense physical force; "a big wind").
10. big, swelled, vainglorious -- (feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride").
11. big(prenominal) (vs. little), elder, older -- (older brother or sister; "big sister").
12. boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising -- (exhibiting self-importance; "big talk").
13. 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").
14. 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").
15. big(predicate), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(predicate), large(predicate), heavy(predicate), with child(predicate) -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child").

1. big -- (extremely well; "his performance went over big").
2. boastfully, vauntingly, big, large -- (in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening").
3. big -- (on a grand scale; "think big").
4. big -- (in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office").

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