| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Full to the point of flowing over: awash, brimful, brimming, overflowing. See BIG, RICH. 2. Notably above average in amount, size, or scope: considerable, extensive, good, great, healthy, large, large-scale, sizable. Informal : tidy. See BIG. 3. Willing to give of oneself and one's possessions: big-hearted, generous, great-hearted, large-hearted, magnanimous, unselfish. See GIVE. 4. Having great significance: consequential, considerable, historic, important, large, material, meaningful, monumental, significant, substantial. See IMPORTANT. 5. Having reached full growth and development: adult, developed, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown-up, mature, ripe. Idioms: of age. See YOUTH. 6. Carrying a developing fetus within the uterus: enceinte, expectant, expecting, gravid, parturient, pregnant. Slang : gone. Archaic : great. Idioms: in a family way, with child. See REPRODUCTION.
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