bigger Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite large or big relative to something else
    larger.
  2. adjective above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
    large; big.
    • 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 world
  3. adjective satellite significant
    big.
    • graduation was a big day in his life
  4. adjective satellite very intense
    big; bad.
    • a bad headache
    • in a big rage
    • had a big (or bad) shock
    • a bad earthquake
    • a bad storm
  5. adjective satellite loud and firm
    big.
    • a big voice
    • big bold piano sounds
  6. adjective satellite conspicuous in position or importance
    large; big; prominent.
    • a big figure in the movement
    • big man on campus
    • he's very large in financial circles
    • a prominent citizen
  7. adjective satellite prodigious
    heavy; big.
    • big spender
    • big eater
    • heavy investor
  8. adjective satellite exhibiting self-importance
    crowing; braggart; big; boastful; cock-a-hoop; bragging; self-aggrandizing; braggy; self-aggrandising.
    • big talk
  9. adjective satellite feeling self-importance
    big; swelled; vainglorious.
    • too big for his britches
    • had a swelled head
    • he was swelled with pride
  10. adjective satellite (of animals) fully developed
    grown; full-grown; big; adult; grownup; fully grown.
    • an adult animal
    • a grown woman
  11. adjective satellite marked by intense physical force
    big.
    • a big wind
  12. adjective satellite generous and understanding and tolerant
    large; big; magnanimous.
    • a heart big enough to hold no grudges
    • that's very big of you to be so forgiving
    • a large and generous spirit
    • a large heart
    • magnanimous toward his enemies
  13. adjective satellite given or giving freely
    liberal; giving; big; openhanded; bountiful; freehanded; bighearted; bounteous; handsome.
    • was a big tipper
    • the bounteous goodness of God
    • bountiful compliments
    • a freehanded host
    • a handsome allowance
    • Saturday's child is loving and giving
    • a liberal backer of the arts
    • a munificent gift
    • her fond and openhanded grandfather
  14. adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    heavy; great; with child; gravid; big; enceinte; expectant; large.
    • was big with child
    • was great with child

WordNet


Big"ger adjective
Definitions
  1. , compar. of Big.

Webster 1913