Meanings
- comparative onlySynonym of larger than life.
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.
1988 February 21, Paul Dixon, “Earnest It Is”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 31, page 6Synonyms: larger than life
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of larger than life.
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bigger than life. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bigger%20than%20life
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