Antonyms for bigness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : big-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪg nɪs


Definition of bigness

Origin :
  • late 15c., from big + -ness.
  • noun largeness
Example sentences :
  • Now the bigness only emphasized the dreariness and desolation.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The richness of the world was crowding on him, the bigness of it, the dangers.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • But far more than that, there was a sort of bigness about him.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • He had come, full, full to trembling—with the bigness of his news.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • And the mere weight of this bigness is an added disadvantage.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • See, here be a bruise upon his skull the bigness of a duck's egg.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • "It isn't the bigness, dear; its the variety," replied the girl.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • For, as natural philosophers, there is no bigness or littleness to you.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on Landscape » by John Ruskin
  • Now, the Firedrake is a beast, or bird, about the bigness of an elephant.
  • Extract from : « Prince Prigio » by Andrew Lang
  • He had an unequalled sense of the bigness of creation and of "these States."
  • Extract from : « Four Americans » by Henry A. Beers

Synonyms for bigness

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