big
big is a 3-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- superlative. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
- superlative. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
- superlative. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
- noun. Alt. of Bigg
- transitive verb. Alt. of Bigg
- adjective. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"
"was great with child"
- adjective. conspicuous in position or importance
"a big figure in the movement"
"big man on campus"
- adjective. given or giving freely
"was a big tipper"
"the bounteous goodness of God"
- adjective. generous and understanding and tolerant
"a heart big enough to hold no grudges"
"that's very big of you to be so forgiving"
- adjective. marked by intense physical force
"a big wind"
- adjective. significant
"graduation was a big day in his life"
- adjective. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a large city"
"set out for the big city"
- adjective. loud and firm
"a big voice"
"big bold piano sounds"
- adjective. (of animals) fully developed
"an adult animal"
"a grown woman"
- adjective. very intense
"a bad headache"
"in a big rage"
- adjective. feeling self-importance
"too big for his britches"
"had a swelled head"
- adjective. exhibiting self-importance
"big talk"
- adjective. prodigious
"big spender"
"big eater"
- adverb. in a boastful manner
"he talked big all evening"
- adverb. in a major way
"the play failed big at the box office"
- adverb. on a grand scale
"think big"
- adverb. extremely well
"his performance went over big"
Synonyms
enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, prominent, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded, magnanimous, adult, grown, grownup, bad, swelled, vainglorious, boastful, braggart
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in big:
Common word forms
bigs, bigly, bigged, bigger, biggest, bigging, bigness
Words from these letters
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