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bigger

bigger

∞ 1.0
Larger or more important than something else
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɪɡər/
: más grande
  • This box is bigger than the one I used before.
  • you are bigger
  • bigger and better
  • bigger, stronger

OK, so the bear is much bigger, much stronger.

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Examples

  • OK, so the bear is much bigger, much stronger.

  • Let me just make the text bigger, OK?

  • So the set B is the bigger blue set.

  • I think that space gets bigger every single day.

  • I need W to be bigger than two.

  • Delta X will get bigger and bigger, right?

  • And then compare that to the much bigger red Current.

  • But this is a bigger topic of cooling.

  • In fact, our cages are now bigger and bigger.

  • KIND OF MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG TO SOMETHING BIGGER.

Synonyms

greater
vsbigger
∞ 1.0

Bigger or more important than something else

is the common everyday comparative used in spoken contexts for size
larger
vsbigger
∞ 1.0

Bigger in size or amount than something else

is used when one thing has more size or importance than another
biggerer than
vsbigger
  • Informal
9.7

To say something is larger than another thing in a playful, not correct way

is the standard comparative used in normal speech rather than playful forms

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

A thing that is less in size or amount than another thing

Idioms

A view of the whole situation and its most important facts rather than small details

12 6.5

To have more important things to do than this matter

A person who acts like an adult and forgives to stop an argument

3 7.0

Choose to forgive rather than fight back

To take more food than you can eat

How Big

huge
∞ 1.0
bigger
∞ 1.0
big
∞ 1.0
small
3 1.1
tiny
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

bigger comparative
biggest superlative

Morphology

bigger = big (transparent) = big + er

The suffix '-er' is a standard comparative form in English, making the meaning clear.

Etymology

Bigger is just big with the ending -er, which means 'more'. So bigger means 'more big' or simply 'larger', showing that something has greater size than another, and you see the same -er in words like taller and faster.