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being big

ADJECTIVE
compassionate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benevolent charitable humane merciful sympathetic warm warmhearted
STRONG
forbearing pitying sparing tender understanding
WEAK
all heart bleeding-heart commiserative going easy on humanitarian indulgent kindhearted kindly lenient living with old softie piteous responsive soft-shell softhearted tenderhearted
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cold cool cruel inhumane malevolent mean merciless uncaring unfeeling unfriendly unkind unsympathetic
STRONG
intolerant
WEAK
hard harsh hateful indifferent tyrannous
ADJECTIVE
forbearing
Synonyms
STRONG
forgiving gentle moderate
WEAK
charitable clement considerate easy going easy on going easy with humane humanitarian indulgent lenient living with long-suffering longanimous merciful mild patient soft-shell thoughtful
Antonyms
STRONG
violent wild
WEAK
impatient intolerant merciless strict uncontrolled
ADJECTIVE
lenient
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benign compassionate compliant forgiving indulgent sympathetic tolerant
WEAK
allowing amiable assuaging assuasive benignant charitable clement complaisant condoning easy easygoing emollient excusing favoring forbearing gentle going easy on good-natured humoring kind kindly letting live with loving merciful mild mollycoddling obliging pampering pardoning permitting soft soft-shell softhearted sparing spoiling tender yielding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hateful merciless
WEAK
hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe

Example Sentences

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He created a siege mentality which served Forest well and, despite both being big characters, it appeared a perfect match between him and Marinakis.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

That means merely being big is no longer nearly enough.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 19, 2025

He wasn’t a poster; I didn’t want everybody being big posters.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

As Jefferson discussed the point in his career path when he was an undersized and overlooked recruit out of high school, he recalled complaining to his parents about not being big or strong enough.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

“You shouldn’t write all of this stuff about Cecile being big and how that lady Pa’s marrying is nice.”

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia