Another word for big

Brobdingnagian, beefy, and almighty are another word for big. Small, little, slight, and short are the opposites of big. On this page, find 129 synonyms for big, parts of speech, and examples of big sentences.

Big synonyms

"Big" means large in size, extent, or amount; significant or important; can also imply something impressive or grand in nature.

  • Brobdingnagian
  • Herculean
  • Almighty
  • Astronomical
  • Beefy
  • Brawny
  • Broad-shouldered
  • Buff
  • Bulky
  • Bumper
  • Burly
  • Capacious
  • Colossal
  • Commodious
  • Considerable
  • Corpulent
  • Cosmic
  • Cumbersome
  • Dirty great
  • Distinguished
  • Economy-size(d)
  • Elephantine
  • Eminent
  • Enormous
  • Epic
  • Extensive
  • Fair-size(d)
  • Family-size(d)
  • Fat
  • Fleshy
  • Foremost
  • Gargantuan
  • Giant
  • Gigantic
  • Ginormous
  • Good-size(d)
  • Goodly
  • Great
  • Heavily built
  • Heavy
  • Hefty
  • High-powered
  • High
  • Huge
  • Hulking
  • Humongous
  • Hunky
  • Husky
  • Immense
  • Important
  • Influential
  • Inordinate
  • Jumbo
  • King-size(d)
  • Large
  • Leading
  • Lofty
  • Lusty
  • Mammoth
  • Man-size
  • Massive
  • Massy
  • Meaty
  • Mega
  • Megalithic
  • Mighty
  • Monster
  • Monstrous
  • Monumental
  • Mountainous
  • Muscly
  • Muscular
  • Notable
  • Noted
  • Noteworthy
  • Obese
  • Of considerable size
  • Of high standing
  • Outsize
  • Outstanding
  • Overgrown
  • Oversize
  • Oversized
  • Overweight
  • Paunchy
  • Plump
  • Portly
  • Powerful
  • Pre-eminent
  • Principal
  • Prodigious
  • Prominent
  • Robust
  • Rugged
  • Sizeable
  • Socking great
  • Solid
  • Spacious
  • Stalwart
  • Stark
  • Stocky
  • Stout
  • Strapping
  • Stupendous
  • Sturdily built
  • Sturdy
  • Substantial
  • Tall
  • Thewy
  • Thickset
  • Thumping great
  • Thumping
  • Tidy
  • Titanic
  • Towering
  • Tremendous
  • Unlimited
  • Unwieldy
  • Vast
  • Voluminous
  • Well built
  • Well known
  • Well muscled
  • Whacking great
  • Whacking
  • Whopping great
  • Whopping
  • Major-league

Big sentences

  • The elephant in the zoo is big.
  • She gave him a big hug.
  • His eyes grew big with wonder.
  • The project was a big success.
  • They built a big, beautiful house.
  • The dog had a big bone.
  • Her dreams were always big and bold.

Big parts of speech

Adjective