Big
Earnest
Earnest adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.
Big and earnest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Big" instead an adjective "Earnest".
Nearby Words: earnestness, earnestly
Both words in one sentence
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What sparked the arms-race in earnest was the development of a new type of Capital (super-big) Ship that was half again more powerful and faster than its predecessors.
Source: Useful Notes / World War I -
He does fight in earnest once, defending Kyoto while Kenshin went after the Big Bad.
Source: All-Powerful Bystander - Also, Earnest's sword is fairly big and gets even bigger in his Demon and True Demon forms.
Source: Video Game / Zero no Kiseki
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Earnest or Big. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/big/earnest.
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