bigger
Syllables: big·gerUK/ˈbɪɡəː//ˈbɪɡɚ/
bigger is the comparative form of big.
Meaning of big
Adjective
big (comparative bigger, superlative biggest)
- Of great size, large.
- Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.
- Fat.
- Gosh, she is big!
- Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- She was big with child.
- Synonyms:
- full, great, heavy, carrying, child-great, delicate, eating for two, enceinte, expectant, expecting
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- Synonyms:
- busty, macromastic, stacked, bathykolpian, big-breasted, breasty, boobilicious, bosomy, buxom, chesty
- Having a large penis.
- I'm the shortest man on the team but in the gym shower everyone can see that I'm also the biggest.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- I've been lifting weights for a full year now, but I'm finally getting big.
Verb
bigger (third-person singular simple present biggers, present participle biggering, simple past and past participle biggered)
- To make or become bigger.
- She's in along with mother, talking about the college; it's to be biggered, sir.1871, Julian Leep, A Ready-Made Family, volume 1, published 2009, page 322
- But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.1971, Dr Seuss, The Lorax, page 39
Proper noun capitalized: Bigger
Bigger (countable and uncountable, plural Biggers)
- A surname.
- A township in Jennings County, Indiana, United States, named after Samuel Bigger.
Forms of bigger
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | biggah |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | bigguh |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | biggers |
| present participle | biggering |
| past participle | biggered |
| past | biggered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Biggers |
Words formed from bigger
Phrases with bigger
Words that rhyme with bigger
Questions about bigger
- What does bigger mean?
- Bigger means to make or become bigger.
- What is bigger the comparative form of?
- Bigger is the comparative form of big.
- What part of speech is bigger?
- Bigger can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bigger?
- Bigger is pronounced /ˈbɪɡəː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of bigger?
- The past tense of bigger is biggered.
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