big word
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An erudite word, especially a Latinate or multisyllabic one; a word used by scholars, intellectuals, etc., but that is not commonly known outside of academia.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The customer complained that the instructions were incomprehensible, and our office tried to provide remedial help, but when they complained that “supplementary” and “atmospheric” were big words, we knew that they were beyond help."
- "The object of the writer is to show that preachers need not use big words to teach the truth."
- "`Naturally society frowns on such capers, and your experts have to think up big words to keep their jobs.'"
- "Communication can often break down if the terminology is too technical, if a speaker uses “big words” for their own sake and lets the language become overly complex."
- "The sudden interjection of big words or complicated usages is a clear instance of the writer taking outside advice[.]"
- "big words from a little man"