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Big

Huge

/bɪɡ/·[hʊudʒ]

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📖 Definitions

Big

noun

Someone or something that is large in stature

Also: An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.

Huge

adjective

Very large.

Also: Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.

🔄 Synonyms Compared

Big

conspicuous prodigious intense ample important prominent heavy broad great extensive magnanimous colossal

Huge

vast immense large big

↔️ Antonyms Compared

Big

little small

Huge

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immense large

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