big

Meaning

Adj

1. Of great size, large.
2. (informal) Of great size, large.
3. (figuratively, sometimes) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
4. (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
5. (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
6. (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
7. (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
8. (informal, rare, slang) Adult; (of a child) older.
9. (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
10. (informal) Important or significant.
11. Popular.
12. Populous.
13. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
14. (capitalized, humorous, often, sometimes) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
15. (informal) Enthusiastic (about).

Adv

1. In a loud manner.
2. In a boasting manner.
3. In a large amount or to a large extent.
4. (informal) In a large amount or to a large extent.
5. On a large scale, expansively.
6. (colloquial) Hard; with great force.

Noun

1. Someone or something that is large in stature.
2. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
3. (in-plural) The big leagues, big time.
4. An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
5. The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To inhabit; occupy.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, reflexive) To locate oneself.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To build; erect; fashion.
4. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To dwell; have a dwelling.

Noun

One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

Opposite of

little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute, young

Synonyms

large

great

huge

important

fat

thick

tall

grand

wide

enormous

strong

bulky

heavy

immense

major

much

high

loud

elder

bad

👎

broad

vast

gross

many

long

powerful

adult

🧑

stout

gravid

old

🧓

enceinte

expectant

massive

with child

serious

deep

significant

good

👍

intense

robust

grave

🪦

aged

roomy

giant

mob

generous

pregnant

rough

magnanimous

ample

Translations

grand

grande

groß

gros

grande

groot

grande

gran

μεγάλος

magnus

büyük

grosso

grandis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɪɡ/

Etymology

Cognate with Norwegian: bugge

Cognate with Low German: Bögge

Inherited from Middle English: biggen

Cognate with Old Norse: búa

Cognate with Old English: buan

Cognate with Danish: bygge

Cognate with Swedish: bygga

Inherited from Middle English: byge

Cognate with Old English: bēow

In summary

Inherited from Northern Middle English big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”), in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug.
Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”), Low German Bögge, Boggelmann.

Sentences

Oh , it’s not such a big deal right away .

How big do elephants get ?

He smoke a big pipe with strong contents .

She creates an illustration for it in the Big Book of Boo Boos .