BIG TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does big time mean? 

• BIG TIME (noun)
  The noun BIG TIME has 1 sense:

1. the highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment)

  Familiarity information: BIG TIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIG TIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The highest level of an occupation (especially in entertainment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("big time" is a kind of...):

success (a state of prosperity or fame)

 Context examples 

"The combination of creativity and analytical thinking has once again paid off big time for NASA," said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.

(NASA's Juno Navigators Enable Jupiter Cyclone Discovery, NASA)