Big and Small

Big

Big adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Usage example: there will be a big meeting to resolve the issue

Small is an antonym for big in topics: large, generous, grown, arrogant, important.

Nearby Word: bigness

Small

Small adjective - Of a size that is less than average.
Usage example: a small cat who never weighed more than five pounds

Big is an antonym for small in topics: little, quantity, unimportant, narrow-minded, large.

Nearby Word: smallish

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Backyard Sports Even more so in Football 2006, where cheats can give characters big/small heads, big/small hands, etc; even different footballs— from a watermelon to a chocolate eclair to a banana slug.
  • While the bigger names are more likely to come up (because they are bigger names), the cast of geeks will reference virtually anything big or small, from the last thirty years of geek culture.
  • Webcomic / The Lydian Option Blue and Orange Morality - The Tha'Latta don't have a concept of "being a little bad;" to them any crime, big or small, is a sign of defectiveness and therefore must be punished accordingly.
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