| Main Entry: | big league |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
big-time, chief, critical, crucial, exceptional, four-star, front-page, grave, great, heavy, high-power, major-league, playing hard ball, professional, serious, strictly business |
| Main Entry: | big league |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major league |
Synonyms: |
big time, bigs, majors |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
big league, big-time, consequential, considerable, eminent, heavy-duty, heavyweight, influential, leading, main, major league, material, meaningful, momentous, paramount, popular, powerful, prime, principal, prominent, serious, significant, substantial, super, super colossal, valuable, weighty |
Antonyms: |
blah, bland, dull, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | eminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very important; famous |
Synonyms: |
VIP, august, big-gun, big-league, big-name, big-time, celeb, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, dominant, elevated, esteemed, exalted, famed, grand, great, high, high-ranking, illustrious, leonine, lionlike, lofty, name, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, outstanding, page-oner, paramount, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubted, renowned, star, superior, superstar, well-known |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent |
Antonyms: |
disrespected, inferior, undistinguished, unimportant, unnotable |
| Main Entry: | expert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable, proficient |
Synonyms: |
able, adept, adroit, apt, big league, clever, crack, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, experienced, facile, handy, practiced, professional, qualified, savvy, schooled, sharp, skilled, skillful, slick, trained, virtuoso |
Antonyms: |
amateur, inexpert, unknowledgeable, unskilled, untrained |
| Main Entry: | great |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
Synonyms: |
abundant, ample, big, big league, bulky, bull, colossal, considerable, decided, enormous, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fat, gigantic, grievous, high, huge, humongous, husky, immense, inordinate, jumbo, lengthy, long, major league, mammoth, mondo, numerous, oversize, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, protracted, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous |
Antonyms: |
few, little, miniature, minute, short, small |
| Main Entry: | illustrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, prominent |
Synonyms: |
big league, brilliant, celeb, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, exalted, famed, glorious, great, heavy, lofty, monster*, name*, noble, notable, noted, outstanding, remarkable, renowned, resplendent, signal, splendid, star, sublime, superstar, well-known |
Antonyms: |
infamous, lowly, unimportant, unknown, unremarkable |
| Main Entry: | important |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | valuable, substantial |
Synonyms: |
big, big-league, chief, considerable, conspicuous, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, earnest, essential, esteemed, exceptional, exigent, extensive, far-reaching, foremost, front-page, grave, great, heavy, imperative, importunate, influential, large, marked, material, mattering much, meaningful, momentous, necessary, of moment, of note, of substance, paramount, ponderous, pressing, primary, principal, relevant, salient, serious, signal, significant, something, standout, urgent, vital, weighty |
Antonyms: |
inappreciable, insignificant, little, nonessential, small, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial |
| Main Entry: | memorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noteworthy, significant |
Synonyms: |
A-1, big-league, bodacious, catchy, celebrated, critical, crucial, decisive, distinguished, doozie, enduring, eventful, extraordinary, famous, great, heavy*, heavyweight, historic, hot*, illustrious, important, impressive, indelible, interesting, lasting, major-league, meaningful, mind-blowing*, momentous, monumental, notable, observable, red-letter, remarkable, rememberable, rubric, serious, signal, something, standout, striking, super, surpassing, terrible, terrific, top-drawer, unforgettable |
Antonyms: |
forgettable, insignificant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy |
| Main Entry: | notable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; famous |
Synonyms: |
big-league, bodacious, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, distingué, eminent, eventful, evident, extraordinary, famed, great, heavy*, high-profile, illustrious, major-league, manifest, marked, memorable, momentous, nameable, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, observable, outstanding, preeminent, prominent, pronounced, rare, red-letter, remarkable, renowned, rubric, serious, something else, striking, top-drawer, uncommon, unusual, well-known |
Antonyms: |
commonplace, inconsequential, insignificant, ordinary, unimportant, unnoticeable, unremarkable |