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big
adjective as in large, great
Strongest matches
adjective as in important
adjective as in generous
adjective as in arrogant
Example Sentences
Liverpool's late victory might just prove the catalyst required over the coming weeks to land the big prize in Slot's first season at the club.
They also raised the ceiling of the group to stratospheric heights, turning one of last season’s biggest weaknesses into a potential strength.
Tech's biggest companies donated $1 million each, along with businesses that had reconsidered contributions following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S.
"People use it much more than we expected," he wrote in a post on X. The company’s biggest cost, according to The New York Times, is powering the supercomputers that run its AI.
State Farm General, the state’s biggest home insurer, has become a punching bag after the fires due to its announcement last year that it would not renew some 72,000 residential and commmercial policies statewide.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say big?
In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, big is the most general and most colloquial word, large is somewhat more formal, and great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing: a big tree; a large tree; a great oak; a big field; a large field; great plains. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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