big number
Showstopping musical solo
A big number is a quantity that's large, but the term often carries informal or ironic weight beyond mere magnitude.
In casual speech, it can mean an impressive figure: They offered him a big number to sign with the team.
In computing and mathematics, big numbers refer to integers too large for standard processing.
The phrase sometimes appears sarcastically when someone states the obvious: Ten million? That's a big number.
- millionOne thousand thousands
- billionOne thousand million
- trillionTen to the twelfth
- power of tenTen multiplied by itself
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
vast · enormous · huge · astronomical · off the charts · countless · magnitude · digits · zeros · exponential · googol · massive · immense · colossal · mind boggling · staggering · whopping · jackpot
- set piecesfree kick, corner kick, penalty kick, throw-in, kickoff
- showstoppersshowstopper, showstoppers, knockout, knockouts, stunner
big numbersmall number
Limited quantity
infinitesimal · zero · fraction · single digit · pittance
big numberopening act
Preliminary concert performer
small number · filler · interlude · warm-up act · warm-up
big, bigger, biggest, number, numbers, numbered, numbering, numberless, numeral