bigness
Quality of enormity
Bigness is the quality or state of being big—having considerable size, extent, or importance.
The word functions where largeness or greatness might feel too formal: The sheer bigness of the canyon overwhelmed us.
It can describe physical scale or abstract magnitude: the bigness of his ambitions.
Size or scale
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- vastnessState of being immense
- hugenessExtreme greatness in size
massiveness · size · volume · bulk · extent · proportion · dimension · amplitude
Having ample room
- roomyHaving generous interior space
- capaciousHaving ample room
- voluminousOf great size
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
broad · wide · open · airy · extensive · sweeping · expansive · stretched
Lavishly grand and spacious
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
- statelyGrand and imposing
magnificent · grandiose · sumptuous · opulent · resplendent · lofty · grandeur · impressive
Exerting strong authority
- predominantMost common or powerful
- preeminentSuperior to all others
- majorOf chief importance
- paramountOf supreme significance
foremost · primary · influential · prevailing · leading · powerful · forceful · potent
Quality of mattering
- prominenceNotable status or visibility
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- consequenceResult of an action
- momentousnessState of great significance
salience · noteworthiness · impact · gravity · seriousness · substance · magnitude · import
magnitude
Size or scale
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- vastnessState of being immense
hugeness · massiveness · size · volume · bulk · extent · proportion · dimension · amplitude · scope
spacious
Having ample room
- roomyHaving generous interior space
- capaciousHaving ample room
- voluminousOf great size
ample · broad · wide · open · airy · extensive · sweeping · expansive · stretched · unconfined
palatial
Lavishly grand and spacious
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
stately · magnificent · grandiose · sumptuous · opulent · resplendent · lofty · grandeur · impressive · towering
commanding
Exerting strong authority
- predominantMost common or powerful
- preeminentSuperior to all others
- majorOf chief importance
paramount · foremost · primary · influential · prevailing · leading · powerful · forceful · potent · formidable
significance
Quality of mattering
- prominenceNotable status or visibility
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- consequenceResult of an action
momentousness · salience · noteworthiness · impact · gravity · seriousness · substance · magnitude · import · relevance
- magnitudemagnitude, size, extent, scope, scale
- vastnessexpanse, immensity, infinity, boundlessness, limitlessness
bignesssmallness
Minimal physical extent
littleness · tininess · minuteness · diminutiveness · compactness
bignessscarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
meagerness · sparseness · scantiness · sparsity · skimpiness
bignessinsignificance
Lack of consequence or weight
triviality · unimportance · pettiness · negligibility · slightness