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bigger

bigger

8 1.0
Larger or more important than something else
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɪɡər/
translation icon : 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

larger
vsbigger
14 1.0

Bigger in size or amount than something else

is used when one thing has more size or importance than another
greater
vsbigger
2 1.0

Bigger or more important than something else

is the common everyday comparative used in spoken contexts for size
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

27 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

1 7.0

Choose to forgive rather than fight back

1 6.5

To have more important things to do than this matter

To take more food than you can eat

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

How Big

huge
1.0
bigger
8 1.0
big
1.0
small
2 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.