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in a big way


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Sense: Adjective: large
Synonyms:
large Collocations, huge Collocations, giant Collocations, gigantic, enormous Collocations, ginormous (slang), colossal, sizable, considerable Collocations, astronomical, high Collocations, long Collocations, wide Collocations, broad Collocations, fat Collocations, whopping (slang), whacking (slang), elephantine, humongous (slang), massive Collocations, mahoosive (slang), tall Collocations, hulking, capacious, expansive, extensive Collocations, voluminous, large-scale, extra-large, as big as a whale, great big (informal), great Collocations
Sense: Adjective: grown-up - informal
Synonyms:
grown-up, all grow-up, grown Collocations, of age, mature Collocations, adult Collocations, fully grown, full-grown, elder Collocations, older
Sense: Adjective: important - informal
Synonyms:
important Collocations, significant Collocations, consequential, serious Collocations, influential Collocations, major Collocations, crucial Collocations, critical Collocations, weighty, key Collocations, vital Collocations, earthshaking, earth-shattering, far-reaching, momentous, monumental, life-and-death, great Collocations
Sense: Adjective: prominent
Synonyms:
prominent Collocations, influential Collocations, powerful Collocations, high-powered, important Collocations, leading Collocations, eminent, preeminent, pre-eminent, notable Collocations, noteworthy Collocations, distinguished
Sense: Adjective: strong, esp. people
Synonyms:
strong Collocations, well-built, buff Collocations, sturdy Collocations, rugged Collocations, brawny, beefy (informal), muscular, muscly, robust Collocations, solid Collocations, bulky Collocations, broad-shouldered, built like a brick shithouse (UK, vulgar, offensive, slang), built like a badass (US, slang)
Sense: Adjective: fat
Synonyms:
fat Collocations, chubby Collocations, plump Collocations, obese, heavyset, heavy-set, heavy Collocations, stout Collocations, fleshy, portly, husky, pudgy (US), podgy (UK), fat-bodied, plus-size, outsize, XXL
Sense: Adjective: popular
Synonyms:
popular Collocations, all the rage, hot Collocations (slang), in Collocations (informal), trendy Collocations, hip Collocations (dated, slang), in fashion, in vogue, fashionable Collocations, the thing (slang), the latest thing (informal), the in thing (dated, informal), on trend, trending
Sense: Adjective: loud
Synonyms:
loud Collocations, roaring, deafening, heavy Collocations, blaring, booming, thundering, thunderous, blasting, noisy Collocations
Sense: Adjective: grandiose or pompous - informal
Synonyms:
pompous, pretentious, high and mighty, highfalutin (informal), boastful, proud Collocations, conceited Collocations, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egoistical, self-important, condescending, patronizing, patronising (UK), high-sounding, bombastic, grandiloquent, ambitious Collocations, grandiose, grand Collocations
Sense: Adjective: generous - ironic, informal
Synonyms:
generous Collocations, unselfish, high-minded, altruistic, magnanimous, considerate Collocations, kind Collocations, giving, munificent, lavish Collocations, liberal, bountiful, princely
Sense: Adjective: pregnant - archaic
Synonyms:
pregnant Collocations, with child (dated), big with child (archaic), expecting (informal), expecting a baby, expectant, parturient (formal), gravid (formal), along Collocations (informal), gone Collocations (slang), showing, preggers (slang), up the duff (UK, slang)


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