Usually means: Significant matter of considerable importance.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word big deal:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. big deal: Merriam-Webster
  2. big deal, big deal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. big deal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. big deal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. big deal: Vocabulary.com
  6. big-deal: Wordnik
  7. Big deal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. big deal: Wiktionary
  9. big deal: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. big-deal, big deal: Dictionary.com
  11. Big Deal (Black Drawing Chalks album), Big Deal (LeAnn Rimes song), Big Deal (TV series), Big Deal (band), Big Deal (game show), Big Deal (musical), Big Deal, Big deal (subscription model), The Big Deal (TV channel): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. big deal: Rhymezone
  13. big deal: FreeDictionary.org
  14. big deal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. big-deal, big deal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. big deal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Big deal, big-deal, big deal: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. big deal, big deal, big deal: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. big deal: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Big deal: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (big deal)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic, informal, often sarcastic) Something very important or difficult; a matter of great concern; a considerable feat or achievement.
▸ noun:  (idiomatic, informal) Someone very important; a VIP.

Similar:
big hairy deal, big, fat, hairy deal, great deal, megadeal, a good deal, all one's life's worth, big ticket, big one, great, milestone, more...

Opposite:
trivial, insignificant, minor, unimportant

Types:
huge, massive, giant, enormous, colossal, tremendous, vast, more...

Phrases:
a big deal, no big deal, Big Deal on Madonna Street, not a big deal, making a big deal, more...

Adjectives:
mondo, main, bigtime, premium, high, sizeable, big, first class, major, tall, big league

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Similar:
big hairy deal, big, fat, hairy deal, great deal, megadeal, a good deal, all one's life's worth, big ticket, big one, great, milestone, more...

Opposite:
trivial, insignificant, minor, unimportant

Types:
huge, massive, giant, enormous, colossal, tremendous, vast, more...

Phrases:
a big deal, no big deal, Big Deal on Madonna Street, not a big deal, making a big deal, make it a big deal, no big of deal, make a big deal of, making a big deal out of something, make a big deal, more...

Adjectives:
mondo, main, bigtime, premium, high, sizeable, big, first class, major, tall, big league



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