Meanings
plural big deals
- idiomaticinformaloftensarcasticSomething very important or difficult; a matter of great concern; a considerable feat or achievement.
It's a big deal to him to get this promotion.
3 more examples
It's no big deal if you don't finish it today.
Why do you always have to make such a big deal of tiny punctuation errors?
The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal [title]
2026 July 3, Marina Hyde, “The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026 - idiomaticinformalSomeone very important; a VIP.
She's a big deal in music in Spain.
Synonyms: big, fat, hairy deal
- idiomaticinformalironicIndicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.
So you beat the worst team in the league. Big deal, call the TV crews.
1 more example
He can run a mile in six minutes? Big deal! Some people can do it in four.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone very important; a VIP.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan important influential person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian голя́ма ра́бота!
- голя́ма ра́бота! (goljáma rábota!)so what
Chinese Cantonese 大件事, 噉又點呀 /噉又点呀
- 大件事 (daai⁶ gin⁶ si⁶)something very important
- 噉又點呀 /噉又点呀 (gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³)so what
Chinese Mandarin 大事, 大人物
- 大事 (dàshì)something very important
- 大人物 (dàrénwù)someone very important
- 那又怎麼樣 /那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng)so what
- 所以呢 (suǒyǐ ne)so what
Czech to je toho, no a co má být
- to je tohoso what
- no a co má býtso what
Finnish iso juttu, tärkeä henkilö
- iso juttusomething very important
- tärkeä henkilösomeone very important
- avainhenkilösomeone very important
- mitä sittenso what
- entä sittenso what
French problème, drame
- problèmesomething very important
- dramesomething very important
- toute une affairesomething very important
- montagnesomething very important
- en faire tout un platsomething very important
- pontesomeone very important
- huilesomeone very important
- grosse légumesomeone very important
- la belle affaire !so what
- et puisso what
- et alorsso what
German große Sache, auch schon was
- große Sachesomething very important
- auch schon wasso what
Greek σιγά τ’ αβγά, σιγά τον πολυέλαιο
- σιγά τ’ αβγά (sigá t’ avgá)so what
- σιγά τον πολυέλαιο (sigá ton polyélaio)so what
Hindi महत्त्वपूर्ण, महत्त्वपूर्ण
- महत्त्वपूर्ण (mahattvapūrṇ)something very important
- महत्त्वपूर्ण (mahattvapūrṇ)someone very important
- तो क्या हुआ (to kyā huā)so what
Hungarian nagy ügy, nagy dolog
- nagy ügysomething very important
- nagy dologsomething very important
- plánesomething very important
- nagy hűhósomething very important
- nagy felhajtássomething very important
- fejessomeone very important
- nagykutyasomeone very important
- nagy ügyso what
Italian bella forza, e allora
- bella forzaso what
- e alloraso what
Portuguese grande coisa, grande coisa
- grande coisasomething very important
- grande coisaso what
- grande merdaso what
Russian ва́жное де́ло, большо́е де́ло
- ва́жное де́ло (vážnoje délo)something very important
- большо́е де́ло (bolʹšóje délo)something very important
- поду́маешь! (podúmaješʹ!)so what
- ну и что́ ж? (nu i štó ž?)so what
Spanish gran cosa, grosa cosa
- gran cosasomething very important
- grosa cosasomething very important
- grossa cosasomething very important
- grososomeone very important
- grossosomeone very important
- como gran cosaso what
- qué tantoso what
- no es para tantoso what
Swedish än sen?
- än sen?so what
Turkish çok mühim, çok önemli
- çok mühimsomething very important
- çok önemlisomething very important
- hıhso what
- o da bir şey miso what
Urdu بڑی بات
- بڑی بات (baṛī bāt)something very important
Cite this entry
big deal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20deal
“big deal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/big%20deal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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