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hit it big

ADJECTIVE
lucky
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fortuitous happy hot successful
WEAK
advantageous adventitious all systems go auspicious beneficial benign blessed charmed coming up roses everything going favored felicitous getting a break golden holding aces hopeful in the groove into something on a roll on a streak promising propitious prosperous providential serendipitous striking it rich timely well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unlucky
WEAK
bad inopportune unfortunate unpropitious unsuccessful
VERB
flourish
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bloom blossom boom develop do well expand multiply succeed thrive
STRONG
amplify arrive augment batten burgeon flower go increase score wax
WEAK
be on top of heap bear fruit come along get ahead get on go great guns live high on hog make out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decrease fail lessen lose shrink shrivel wither
WEAK
cease hinder languish stunt
VERB
prosper
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bloom blossom catch on do well flourish multiply thrive
STRONG
advance arrive augment batten bear benefit fatten flower gain increase produce progress rise score yield
WEAK
be enriched bear fruit become rich become wealthy do wonders fare well feather nest get on get there go places go to town grow rich hit the jackpot make a killing make good make it make mark make money make out strike it rich turn out well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fail languish shrink shrivel wither
STRONG
decline decrease lose recede refuse retreat retrogress stop

Example Sentences

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If the best way to hit it big is to make a podcast that someone like Altman adores, then the rest of us are probably in trouble.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

Nidal Khalil co-owns the store with his brother and was thrilled that after nearly 30 years in business a customer had hit it big.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

After a stint at Blackstone, he hit it big as a founding investor in the meal-kit company Blue Apron.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Memecoin investors include bitcoin millionaires and people grasping at the chance to hit it big.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

"If I hit it big, you think you'd decide to be around all them snotty noses—matter fact, snotty, snotty noses—every day?"

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds