bickering, n. altercation, [contention], wrangling, sparring, dissension, [quarrel].

bid, v. [offer], proffer; [order], [direct], enjoin, [command]; [invite], [ask]; [wish], [greet], [salute].

bidding, n. [command], [order], behest, dictation; [offer], [bid].

big, a. [large], [huge], [bulky], [massive], [immense], [gross], voluminous, capacious, extensive; pregnant; [arrogant], [overbearing], [lordly], magisterial, [pompous]; [bombastic], [grandiose], grandiloquent, [highflown], sesquipedalian, [inflated], turgid.

bigamy, n. polygamy, polygyny.

big-bellied, a. abdominous, paunchy, pot-bellied.

bigness, n. [size], [bulk], largeness, magnitude, dimensions, [volume], amplitude.

bigot, n. [fanatic], [zealot], dogmatist.

bigoted, a. [dogmatic], [narrow-minded], [illiberal], [intolerant].

bigotry, n. [intolerance], dogmatism, [narrow-mindedness].