Collocations for big - adj.

be, look, seem
become, get, grow

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
This is a fairly big decision to make.
We were hoping the show would be a really big success.
This house is rather big for us. We need something smaller.

incredibly
awfully
a little, slightly, etc.
potentially
a potentially big drawback

big fat
The whole story is just a big fat lie.

great big
He was a short man with great big glasses.

Big is used with these nouns:
accomplishment, acquisition, advance, advantage, adventure, airline, airport, ambition, appetite, argument, armchair, asset, attraction, audience, baby, backlog, band, bang, bank, bash, bedroom, believer, belly, bet, bill, bit, block, blow, blunder, bomb, bonus, boom, boost, boss, boy, break, breakfast, breakthrough, breast, breath, brother, budget, building, bully, bum, bump, bunch, bundle, business, campaign, cat, catastrophe, catch, celebration, celebrity, chain, challenge, chance, change, cheer, cheque, chest, chunk, city, clap, class, client, climax, closet, clump, collection, comeback, commission, commitment, commotion, company, compliment, con, concert, conglomerate, conspiracy, consumer, contract, contribution, contributor, corporation, coup, cover-up, crack, crime, crowd, crush, cuddle, culprit, cupboard, customer, cut, danger, day, debt, decision, demand, demonstration, dent, departure, desk, developer, difference, dilemma, dinner, disadvantage, disappointment, disaster, discount, discovery, discrepancy, distraction, distributor, divide, dividend, donor, door, drawback, dream, drive, drop, ear, earthquake, eater, edge, effort, ego, emphasis, empire, employer, engine, entrance, eruption, estate, event, exception, exhibit, exhibition, expansion, expectation, expense, explosion, exporter, eye, factor, failure, fall, family, fan, farm, farmer, fault, favour, favourite, fear, feast, feature, fellow, festival, fight, find, fine, fire, fireplace, firm, flat, flaw, flop, flower, following, fool, foot, frame, freeze, frustration, fuss, gain, gamble, game, gap, garden, gash, gasp, gate, gathering, government, grin, group, gulf, gulp, gun, guy, handbag, handicap, haul, hazard, headache, heap, heart, help, helping, hero, hill, hindrance, hint, hit, hoard, hole, hope, hotel, house, hug, hurdle, hurry, idea, idiot, idol, impact, impression, improvement, incentive, increase, influence, investor, issue, job, jump, kick, kid, killer, kiss, kitchen, lad, lake, laugh, lead, league, leap, lender, lesson, letter, liar, lie, lift, limousine, loophole, lorry, loser, loss, lump, lure, majority, mall, man, mansion, manufacturer, market, match, meal, meet, merger, mess, misconception, mistake, misunderstanding, moment, money, monster, mortgage, mound, mountain, mouth, move, movement, movie, mug, multinational, mystery, name, need, news, night, nose, number, obstacle, occasion, office, operation, operator, opportunity, package, parade, part, penis, pension, picture, piece, pile, play, player, pond, pool, prize, problem, producer, profit, project, promise, publisher, push, question, question mark, race, rally, reason, rebate, reception, reduction, regret, resort, responsibility, retailer, return, reunion, revelation, reward, rise, risk, rivalry, roadblock, role, room, row, rush, sacrifice, salary, saving, scale, scandal, scene, score, screen, secret, setback, shake-up, shareholder, shock, shopping centre, show, sigh, sister, sky, slice, smile, snag, sob, sound, spider, splash, sponsor, stake, star, step, stick, stink, stir, store, storm, story, stride, studio, stumbling block, subject, subsidy, success, supplier, supporter, surf, surge, surplus, surprise, swig, swing, switch, table, talk, thank you, thing, thinker, threat, thrill, tip, toe, tooth, town, tragedy, treat, tree, trend, trouble, truck, turn-off, turning point, turnout, undertaking, union, unknown, upheaval, uproar, upset, victory, village, vocabulary, voice, void, waste, wave, weakness, wedding, welcome, win, window, winner, word, worry, yard, yawn, year