big

The word “big” has 1 syllable: big

It's pronounced as /bɪɡ/

What is synonym and antonym for big?

In the thesaurus, “big” has 371 synonyms and 153 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for big along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for big

Brobdingnagian
Bunyanesque
Himalayan
VIP
a whale of a
abundant
adult
all-important
altruistic
ample
appreciable
arch
arty
astronomic
astronomical
august
awash
baron
benevolent
big boy
big cheese
big gun
big leaguer
big shot
big time
big wheel
big-league
big-time
big-timer
bigfoot
biggie
biggish
bighearted
bigwig
boastful
boxcar
bragging
brimming
brooding
bulky
bumper
burly
capacious
capital
cardinal
caught
cavernous
celebrated
central
chief
childbearing
chivalrous
chock-full
colossal
commodious
conceited
conceiving
concentrated
consequential
considerable
considerate
copious
cosmic
cosmical
critical
crowd-pleasing
crowded
crucial
cyclopean
czar
decisive
desirable
distinctive
distinguished
dominant
du jour
earnest
earth-shattering
earthshaking
elder
elephantine
elevated
eminent
enceinte
ennobled
enormous
enriched
essential
establishment
eventful
exalted
exceptional
excessive
exorbitant
expectant
expecting
extensive
extravagant
extreme
fabled
fabulous
faddish
faddy
famed
famous
fashionable
fat
fat cat
fatal
fateful
favorite
first
flamboyant
foremost
fortified
free
full
full-bodied
full-grown
galactic
gallant
gargantuan
gestational
gigantic
glorified
gone
goodly
gracious
grand
grave
gravid
great
greatest
greathearted
gross
grown-up
handsome
happening
haughty
heady
heavy
heavy hitter
heavy-duty
heavyweight
hefty
hellacious
herculean
heroic
heroical
high
high-level
high-minded
high-muck-a-muck
high-muckety-muck
high-octane
high-sounding
high-test
highest
historic
honcho
honorable
hot
huge
hulking
humongous
humungous
husky
illustrious
immense
immoderate
imperious
important
imposing
impregnated
impressive
in
incomparable
inflated
influential
inordinate
inspiring
jumbo
kahuna
key
king
king-size
king-sized
kingfish
kingpin
knightly
large
largish
leading
legendary
leviathan
liberal
liked
lion
lofty
lordly
lusty
magnanimous
magnate
magnificent
main
majestic
major
major league
major leaguer
major-league
mammoth
massive
master
matchless
material
mature
meaningful
mighty
modish
mogul
momentous
mondo
monolithic
monster
monstrous
monumental
mountainous
moving
much
muck-a-muck
muckety-muck
mucky-muck
muscular
nabob
natural
nawab
nibs
nob
noble
notable
noted
noteworthy
notorious
number one
numero uno
numinous
old guard
outsize
outsized
outstanding
overbearing
overblown
overmastering
overriding
oversize
oversized
packed
paramount
parturient
pharaonic
pivotal
plentiful
plush
pompous
ponderous
poo-bah
pooh-bah
pop
popular
popularized
potent
powerful
predominant
preeminent
preferred
pregnant
premier
prenatal
prestigious
presumptuous
pretentious
primal
primary
prime
prince
princely
princess
principal
prior
prodigious
prominent
proud
queen
quick
red-hot
regal
remarkable
renowned
rich
robust
roomy
selected
seminal
semipopular
senior
serious
signal
significant
sincere
sizable
sizeable
sovereign
sovran
spacious
staggering
star
stellar
straight
strapping
strategic
strong
stuffed
stupendous
sublime
substantial
super
super-duper
supercolossal
superior
supersized
supreme
tall
tectonic
thick
thundering
tidy
titanic
top
tremendous
tsar
tycoon
tzar
undiluted
unequaled
unequalled
unmixed
unparalleled
unselfish
unsurpassed
uplifting
valiant
valuable
vast
vasty
venerable
vital
vogue
voguish
voluminous
walloping
wanted
weighty
well-known
whacking
wheel
whopper
whopping
with child
with young
worthwhile
worthy

Antonyms for big

Lilliputian
abominable
aborting
adolescent
anonymous
baby
babyish
bantam
barren
base
blah
bland
coarse
collateral
contemptible
crude
dastardly
debased
degenerate
degraded
degrading
delicate
delivered
despicable
despised
detestable
detested
dilute
diluted
diminutive
dinky
dirty
discreditable
disliked
dull
dwarf
dwarfish
half-pint
hated
hateful
humble
humiliating
ignoble
ignominious
impoverished
inconsequential
inconsiderable
inconspicuous
indistinguished
infant
infantile
inferior
infertile
infinitesimal
insignificant
itsy
juvenile
last
least
light
lightweight
little
little bitty
lousy
low
mean
mediocrity
microminiature
microscopic
microscopical
mild
mini
miniature
minor
minuscule
minute
miscarrying
nameless
narrow
negligible
nobody
nonentity
nonpregnant
nothing
obscure
obscurity
offensive
out
paltry
petite
petty
pint-size
pint-sized
pocket-size
pocket-sized
poor
puny
pygmy
rejected
repulsive
secondary
selfish
shrimp
shrimpy
shy
slender
slight
slim
small
small-minded
smallish
sordid
sorry
squalid
subordinate
subsidiary
teensy
teensy-weensy
teeny
teeny-weeny
thin
thinned
tiny
trifling
trivial
twerp
ugly
uncelebrated
unconfident
underling
undersize
undersized
unexceptional
unfashionable
ungenerous
ungiving
unimportant
unknown
unpopular
vicious
vile
vulgar
washed-up
watered-down
watery
weak
weakened
wee
whippersnapper
worthless
wretched
zero
zilch

Meanings of big

noun
1. Someone or something that is large in stature.
2. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
3. (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
4. (BDSM) The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
5. One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
verb
1. To praise, recommend, or promote.
2. To inhabit; occupy.
3. To locate oneself.
4. To build; erect; fashion.
5. To dwell; have a dwelling.
adjective
1. Of great size, large.
2. (of an industry or other field, often capitalized) Thought to have undue influence.
3. Popular.
4. Adult.
5. Fat.
6. Important or significant.
7. (with on) Enthusiastic (about).
8. Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
9. Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
10. (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
11. Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns.
12. (of a city) populous.
13. (of somebody's age) old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
adverb
1. In a loud manner.
2. In a boasting manner.
3. In a large amount or to a large extent.
4. On a large scale, expansively.
5. Hard.

Example Sentences

She has a big heart and always helps those in need.
The big dog ran across the yard, wagging its tail.
They are planning a big event for the anniversary next month.
He got a big surprise when he opened his birthday gift.
The big city skyline looks breathtaking at night.

On this page you'll find 524 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to big, such as: Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Himalayan, Lilliputian, VIP, a whale of a, abominable.

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