8.2 Big

Use this domain for words describing something that is big.

Louw Nida Codes: 
79B' Large, Small
  • What words describe something that is big?
    big, large, biggish, bulky, fair-sized, be a fair size, good-sized, be a good size, bulky, grand, imposing, sizable, substantial,
  • What words describe something that is very big?
    huge, enormous, massive, colossal, great, giant, gigantic, great big, be a whopper, be quite a size, astronomical, elephantine, mammoth, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, stupendous, tremendous, vast,
  • What words refer to something that is big?
    mass, giant,
  • What words refer to something becoming big?
    get bigger, expand, grow, swell up, stretch, inflate, increase in size, swell, mushroom,
  • What words refer to part of something becoming big?
    branch, excrescence,
  • What words refer to making something big?
    extend, stretch, enlarge, blow up, magnify, expand, inflate, augment,
  • What words refer to the process of becoming big?
    enlargement, expansion, extension, growth, inflation, increase (n), magnification,
  • What words describe something that has been made big?
    enlarged, swollen, inflated,
  • What words refer to being bigger than another thing?
    bigger, biggest, larger, largest, greater, greatest,
  • What words describe something that is much bigger than other things of the same type?
    outsized, giant, extra large,
  • What words refer to how big something is?
    size, dimensions, magnitude,
  • What words indicate how big something is?
    how big, measure (10 meters), be 10 meters long/wide/high,
  • What words refer to measuring how big something is?
    measure,
  • What words refer to a unit of size?
    cubic (inch, foot, yard),
  • What instruments are used to measure the size of something?
    ruler, tape measure
  • What words describe a system of measures?
    metric
  • What words describe something that is not big or small?
    medium, average, medium-sized, average-sized, in between,
  • What words refer to something being big on one side or end?
    flare, spread, lopsided, fan out,
  • What words describe something that is too big?
    gross, outsized, overgrown, oversized, unwieldy,