Big
Big adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Incidental is an antonym for big.
Nearby Word: bigness
Incidental
Incidental adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: we still have to work out a few incidental details, but the proposal is largely complete
Big is an antonym for incidental.
Both words in one sentence
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Big Eater: Wimpy, who loves hamburgers so much that he is often just incidental to the plot at hand, and only wants to eat.
Source: Comic Strip / Popeye -
The latter is the true reason for the Drazens going after David Palmer; the fact that it fell on such a big day for Palmer's presidential campaign is entirely incidental.
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Much like bowling in The Big Lebowski, however, stripping is incidental to the plot of the book, only used as a setting and occasionally a source of the action.
Source: You Can Leave Your Hat On
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