BIGGEST Synonyms

• a person who is in charge

• a person who exercises control over workers

• the head of a tribe or clan

• most important element

• exercising influence or control

• (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

• (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

• an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

• most frequent or common

• prominently forward

• before anything else

• ranking above all others

• preceding all others in spatial position

• situated closest to the bow

• highest in quality

• metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

• United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

• something crucial for explaining

• pitch of the voice

• any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

• a kilogram of a narcotic drug

• a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

• a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

• (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

• a list of answers to a test

• a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

• a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

• mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

• a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

• serving as an essential component

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• provide with a key

• vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

• regulate the musical pitch of

• harmonize with or adjust to

• going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way

• the activity of leading

• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

• indicating the most important performer or role

• greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

• having the leading position or higher score in a contest

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• any very large body of (salt) water

• a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

• most important element

• of force; of the greatest possible intensity

• of greater importance or stature or rank

• greater in scope or effect

• greater in number or size or amount

• of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes

• (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees

• of greater seriousness or danger

• of full legal age

• a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain

• British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)

• a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

• the principal field of study of a student at a university

• of the elder of two boys with the same family name

• have as one's principal field of study

• greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

• of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• most important element

• of or being the essential or basic part

• the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

• the educator who has executive authority for a school

• an actor who plays a principal role

• capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

• (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

• the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

• most important element

• of high or superior quality or performance

• of or characteristic of high rank or importance

• written or printed above and to one side of another character

• having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit

• the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

• one of greater rank or station or quality

• a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

• the head of a religious community

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

• (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by

• having a higher rank

• (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by

• final or last in your life or progress

• greatest in status or authority or power

• highest in excellence or achievement

• greatest or maximal in degree; extreme

• situated at the top or highest position

• the upper part of anything

• the highest or uppermost side of anything

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the greatest possible intensity

• platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

• a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

• covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)

• a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips

• a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance

• be superior or better than some standard

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point

• be ahead of others; be the first

• provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)

• reach or ascend the top of

• strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin

• cut the top off

• be the culminating event

• finish up or conclude

• the greatest possible degree

• of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

• (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order

• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

• a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs

• of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

• of or befitting a lord

• ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

• large and impressive in physical size or extent

• the most important and magnificent in adornment

• used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

• greater than normal in quantity or amount

• (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

• used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

• a lofty level or position or degree

• an air mass of higher than normal pressure

• a state of sustained elation

• a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

• a high place

• a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

• a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

• at a great altitude

• in or to a high position, amount, or degree

• in a rich manner

• far up toward the source

• standing above others in quality or position

• happy and excited and energetic

• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

• slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

• above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• a garment size for a large person

• at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

• with the wind abaft the beam

• in a boastful manner

• fairly large or important in effect; influential

• ostentatiously lofty in style

• generous and understanding and tolerant

• conspicuous in position or importance

• having broad power and range and scope

• in an advanced stage of pregnancy

• above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• a garment size for a large person

• at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

• with the wind abaft the beam

• in a boastful manner

• fairly large or important in effect; influential

• ostentatiously lofty in style

• generous and understanding and tolerant

• conspicuous in position or importance

• having broad power and range and scope

• in an advanced stage of pregnancy