big

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Of considerable size, number, quantity, magnitude, or extent; large. See Synonyms at large.
2. adj. Of great force; strong: a big wind; in a big rage.
3. adj. Obsolete Of great strength.
4. adj. Mature or grown-up: big enough to take the bus by herself.
5. adj. Older or eldest. Used especially of a sibling: My big brother is leaving for college next week.
6. adj. Pregnant: big with child.
7. adj. Filled up; brimming over: felt big with love.
8. adj. Having or exercising considerable authority, control, or influence: a big official; a big chief.
9. adj. Conspicuous in position, wealth, or importance; prominent: a big figure in the peace movement.
10. adj. Of great significance; momentous: a big decision; a big victory.
11. adj. Informal Widely liked, used, or practiced; popular: "For public opinion . . . has grown harsh and yuppie-bashing is big” ( Sally Jacobs).
12. adj. Informal Self-important; cocky: You're too big for your own good.
13. adj. Loud and firm; resounding: a big voice.
14. adj. Bountiful; generous: had a big heart.
15. adv. In a pretentious or boastful way: talked big about the new job.
16. adv. Informal With considerable success: made it big with their recent best-selling album.
17. adv. Informal In a thorough or unmistakable way; emphatically: failed big at the box office.
18. idiom. big on Enthusiastic about; partial to: "The Japanese are big on ranking things and deciding which is Number One” ( James Fallows).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Of great strength or power.
2. Having great size; large in bulk or magnitude, absolutely or relatively.
3. Great with young; pregnant; ready to give birth; hence, figuratively, full of something important; ready to produce; teeming.
4. . Distended; full, as of grief, passion, courage, determination, goodness, etc.
5. . Tumid; inflated, as with pride; hence, haughty in air or mien, or indicating haughtiness; pompous; proud; boastful: as, big looks; big words.
6. . Great as regards influence, standing, wealth, etc.
7. Synonyms Large, etc. (see great), bulky, huge, massive.
8. 5. Lofty, pompous, arrogant, important.
9. . To inhabit; occupy.
10. 2. Reflexively, to locate one's self.
11. 3. To build; erect; fashion.
12. To dwell; have a dwelling.
13. n. A kind of winter barley cultivated in northern Europe, especially in Scotland; properly, four-rowed barley, Hordeum vulgare, inferior to but hardier than H. hexastichon, of which it is sometimes called a variety. See bear.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Of great size, large.
2. adj. Thought to have undue influence.
3. adj. Popular.
4. adj. Adult.
5. adj. Fat.
6. adj. Important or significant.
7. adj. Enthusiastic (about).
8. adj. Mature, conscientious, principled.
9. n. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
10. n. The big leagues, big time
11. v. To praise or recommend

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
2. adj. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
3. adj. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
4. n. Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.
5. v. To build.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. loud and firm
2. adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
3. adj. prodigious.
4. adv. in a boastful manner
5. adj. conspicuous in position or importance
6. adj. exhibiting self-importance
7. adj. given or giving freely
8. adj. (of animals) fully developed
9. adj. generous and understanding and tolerant
10. adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
11. adj. feeling self-importance
12. adv. extremely well
13. adj. very intense
14. adj. significant.
15. adv. in a major way
16. adv. on a grand scale
17. adj. marked by intense physical force