Hypernym

• QUANTITYDEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED.
  • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
    • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....

Hyponym

• BIG　OF INTENSE SIZE OR DEGREE IN-RELATION-TO a STANDARD, OR IN-RELATION-TO the SIZE of a HUMAN.
  • AT MOST　REALITY:really AND as the MOST BIG of MANY POSSIBILE SITUATIONS.
  • BROAD　BIG in the MORE SMALL HORIZONTAL DIRECTION:dimension.
  • ENDURING　BIG in respect of the PERIOD something EXISTS, HAPPENS, OR is being ACTED:done....
  • GREAT　BIG in IMPORTANCE OR REPUTATION.
  • HIGH　BIG VERTICALLY.
  • LONG　BIG in ONE HORIZONTAL DIRECTION. See also ENDURING.
  • MANY　BIG in QUANTITY....
  • THICK　BIG in the MOST SMALL DIMENSION....
  • LOUD　BIG as NOISE.
  • MUCH　BIG in QUANTITY of a SUBSTANCE.
  • TALL　HIGH IN-RELATION-TO ORDINARY OTHER HUMANS.
  • INFINITE　BIG OR MANY so as to LACK a LIMIT.
  • HUGE　INTENSELY BIG.
  • AMPLE　ABUNDANT IN SIZE AND CONTENT
  • EXPAND　CAUSE TO BECOME MORE BIG.
• DEEP　BIG SIZE DOWNWARD.

Old Chinese Criteria

Modern Chinese Criteria

• A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.52