There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
BIGGER
bigger, larger
(adjective) large or big relative to something else
BIG
big, large, prominent
(adjective) conspicuous in position or importance; “a big figure in the movement”; “big man on campus”; “he’s very large in financial circles”; “a prominent citizen”
big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
(adjective) given or giving freely; “was a big tipper”; “the bounteous goodness of God”; “bountiful compliments”; “a freehanded host”; “a handsome allowance”; “Saturday’s child is loving and giving”; “a liberal backer of the arts”; “a munificent gift”; “her fond and openhanded grandfather”
big, large, magnanimous
(adjective) generous and understanding and tolerant; “a heart big enough to hold no grudges”; “that’s very big of you to be so forgiving”; “a large and generous spirit”; “a large heart”; “magnanimous toward his enemies”
big
(adjective) marked by intense physical force; “a big wind”
big
(adjective) significant; “graduation was a big day in his life”
large, big
(adjective) above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; “a large city”; “set out for the big city”; “a large sum”; “a big (or large) barn”; “a large family”; “big businesses”; “a big expenditure”; “a large number of newspapers”; “a big group of scientists”; “large areas of the world”
big
(adjective) loud and firm; “a big voice”; “big bold piano sounds”
adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
(adjective) (of animals) fully developed; “an adult animal”; “a grown woman”
bad, big
(adjective) very intense; “a bad headache”; “in a big rage”; “had a big (or bad) shock”; “a bad earthquake”; “a bad storm”
big, swelled, vainglorious
(adjective) feeling self-importance; “too big for his britches”; “had a swelled head”; “he was swelled with pride”
boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
(adjective) exhibiting self-importance; “big talk”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
bigger
comparative form of big
Verb
bigger (third-person singular simple present biggers, present participle biggering, simple past and past participle biggered)
(nonstandard, rare) To make or become bigger.
Anagrams
• brigge
Proper noun
Bigger (plural Biggers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bigger is the 13210th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2314 individuals. Bigger is most common among White (85.13%) individuals.
Anagrams
• brigge
Source: Wiktionary
Big"ger, a.
Definition: , compar. of Big.
BIG
Big, a. [compar. Bigger; superl. Biggest.] Etym: [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.]
1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. "He's too big to go in there." Shak.
2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively. [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Addison.
3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride. God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. Jer. Taylor.
Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced. To talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously. I talked big to them at first. De Foe.
Syn.
– Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.
Big, Bigg, n. Etym: [OE. bif, bigge; akin to Icel. bygg, Dan. byg, Sw. bjugg.] (Bot.)
Definition: Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. "Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg." New English Dict.
Big, Bigg, v. t. Etym: [OE. biggen, fr. Icel. byggja to inhabit, to build, b (neut.) to dwell (active) to make ready. See Boor, and Bound.]
Definition: To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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