The meaning of BIG is large or great in dimensions, bulk, or extent; also : large or great in quantity, number, or amount. How to use big in a sentence.

a. With considerable success: made it big with their recent best-selling album. b. In a thorough or unmistakable way; emphatically: failed big at the box office.

He fell for her in a big way (= was very attracted to her). Prices are increasing in a big way. Her life has changed in a big way since she became famous.

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Modifying a numeral to designate a group of the specified number of people, things, nations, etc., which are the most important or influential within a particular field, as the big three, the big four, etc.

Big can describe things that are tall, wide, massive, or plentiful. It’s a synonym of words such as large, great, and huge, describing something as being notably high in number or scale in some way.

Having great size; large in bulk or magnitude, absolutely or relatively. Great with young; pregnant; ready to give birth; hence, figuratively, full of something important; ready to produce; teeming. Distended; …

He is a big [= tall and heavy] man. He led a big group through the museum. She was earning big money [=a lot of money] as a lawyer. She works for a big company. He organized a big advertising …

Something big is just plain large or important. A big class has a lot of kids. A big room is larger than average. A big newspaper story is one that makes the front page.

Synonyms for BIG: large, sizable, substantial, considerable, huge, great, oversize, handsome; Antonyms of BIG: small, little, smallish, puny, dwarf, tiny, dinky, undersized