English language

How to pronounce big in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded


was a big tipper.
Type Words
Synonyms bad


in a big rage.
had a big (or bad) shock.
Type Words
Synonyms heavy


big spender.
big eater.
Type Words
Synonyms boastfully, large, vauntingly


he talked big all evening.
Type Words
Synonyms adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
Type Words
Synonyms enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child


was big with child.
Type Words
Synonyms large, prominent


a big figure in the movement.
big man on campus.
Type Words
Synonyms large, magnanimous


a heart big enough to hold no grudges.
that's very big of you to be so forgiving.
Type Words
Synonyms swelled, vainglorious


too big for his britches.
Type Words
Synonyms boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing


big talk.
Type Words
Synonyms large
Derivation bigness


set out for the big city.
a big (or large) barn.
big businesses.
a big expenditure.
a big group of scientists.
Type Words


a big voice.
big bold piano sounds.
Type Words


a big wind.
Type Words


graduation was a big day in his life.
Type Words


think big.

Examples of big

big
So they aren't in a rush to make big-ticket financial commitments and buy homes.
From the dailyherald.com
The way I think of it is that, first of all, the pancreas is a pretty big organ.
From the abcnews.go.com
It has two underused airports with runways long enough to handle big cargo jets.
From the stltoday.com
This year, we have people like Jaylon Owens, a big strong kid with a huge heart.
From the stltoday.com
Does this sound like the fantastical plot of some big-budget Hollywood thriller?
From the thenewstribune.com
The walls are lined with big screen televisions, including a 50-foot media wall.
From the orlandosentinel.com
We were playing San Diego State very well, and then they went on a big-time run.
From the omaha.com
Junior Jordan Bernstine threw the last block that sprung Hyde on his big return.
From the omaha.com
Like Butler and Moustakas, Hosmer is big-bodied, but he's also a solid defender.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • Extremely well; "his performance went over big"
  • Large: 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 ...
  • Boastfully: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"
  • Significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"
  • Bad: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
  • On a grand scale; "think big"
  • Big is a 1988 American romantic comedy film about a boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight. It stars Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, and Robert Loggia. ...
  • Big is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Macy Gray, released on March 21, 2007 by Geffen Records. It is Gray's first studio album in four years. The album debuted at number 39 on the US Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies in its first week.
  • John James "Mr. Big" Preston is a fictional character in the HBO series Sex and the City, portrayed by Chris Noth. The character's name is not revealed in the series until the last episode, when his first name is revealed to be John. His last name is never disclosed in the series. ...