Dictionary Entry
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.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 22 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
- 2superlative
Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
- 3superlative
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.
- 4noun
Alt. of Bigg
- 5transitive verb
Alt. of Bigg
- 6adjective
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"
"was great with child"
- 7adjective
conspicuous in position or importance
"a big figure in the movement"
"big man on campus"
- 8adjective
given or giving freely
"was a big tipper"
"the bounteous goodness of God"
- 9adjective
generous and understanding and tolerant
"a heart big enough to hold no grudges"
"that's very big of you to be so forgiving"
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- 10adjective
marked by intense physical force
"a big wind"
- 11adjective
significant
"graduation was a big day in his life"
- 12adjective
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a large city"
"set out for the big city"
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- 13adjective
loud and firm
"a big voice"
"big bold piano sounds"
- 14adjective
(of animals) fully developed
"an adult animal"
"a grown woman"
- 15adjective
very intense
"a bad headache"
"in a big rage"
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- 16adjective
feeling self-importance
"too big for his britches"
"had a swelled head"
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- 17adjective
exhibiting self-importance
"big talk"
- 18adjective
prodigious
"big spender"
"big eater"
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- 19adverb
in a boastful manner
"he talked big all evening"
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- 20adverb
in a major way
"the play failed big at the box office"
- 21adverb
on a grand scale
"think big"
- 22adverb
extremely well
"his performance went over big"
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