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Synonyms

biggish

American  
[big-ish] / ˈbɪg ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. rather or fairly big.


Etymology

Origin of biggish

First recorded in 1620–30; big 1 + -ish 1

Example Sentences

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Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

You definitely shouldn't panic but there is a biggish asteroid about to pass by Earth in the coming hours.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2023

That sounds like a lot, because it’s a biggish round number, and casual news consumers have been programmed to interpret any drop in the Dow of more than 500 points as cataclysmic.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2018

Spain lacks biggish manufacturers; Italy’s small-firm bias derives in part from a reverence for family firms.

From Economist • Mar. 1, 2012

There was only one middle school, one high school, one biggish grocery store, and one run-down city pool, but about one million beauty parlors and churches.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry