Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bigger than life

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: big-ger than life
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of larger than life.

Example Sentences

"Even the costumes need more pizzazz. They should poke fun at the styles of the time. Algernon's hot pink foulard is not enough. Make his suit hot pink and Gwendolyn's and Cecily's bustles bigger. These characters were written bigger than life and should appear that way."

Synonyms

larger than life

Questions

What does bigger than life mean?: Synonym of larger than life.

How to pronounce bigger than life

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