Dictionary entry details
• LARGE (noun)
Meaning:
A garment size for a large person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("large" is a kind of...):
size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))
• LARGE (adjective)
Meaning:
Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Synonyms:
big; large
Context examples:
a large city / set out for the big city / a large sum / a big (or large) barn / a large family / big businesses / a big expenditure / a large number of newspapers / a big group of scientists / large areas of the world
Similar:
man-sized (very large; appropriate to the size of a man)
massive; monolithic; monumental (imposing in size or bulk or solidity)
massive (imposing in scale or scope or degree or power)
medium-large (of anything that is large but not the largest)
macro (very large in scale or scope or capability)
full-size; life-size; life-sized; lifesize (being of the same size as an original)
large-scale (constructed or drawn to a big scale)
large-scale (unusually large in scope)
large-mouthed (having a relatively large mouth)
king-size; king-sized (extra large)
monstrous (abnormally large)
mountainous (like a mountain in size and impressiveness)
outsize; outsized; oversize; oversized (larger than normal for its kind)
wide-ranging (including much)
whacking ((British informal) enormous)
voluminous (large in volume or bulk)
volumed (formed or rising in rounded masses)
titanic (of great force or power)
super (extremely large)
rangy (allowing ample room for ranging)
queen-size; queen-sized ((used especially of beds) not as large as king-size)
plumping (very large; of exceptional size for its kind)
overlarge; too large (excessively large)
banging; humongous; thumping; walloping; whopping ((used informally) very large)
hulking; hulky (of great size and bulk)
capacious (large in capacity)
bulky (of large size for its weight)
broad; spacious; wide (very large in expanse or scope)
bouffant; puffy (being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing)
blown-up; enlarged (as of a photograph; made larger)
biggish; largish (somewhat large)
bigger; larger (large or big relative to something else)
bear-sized (large as a bear)
astronomic; astronomical; galactic (inconceivably large)
ample; sizable; sizeable (fairly large)
colossal; prodigious; stupendous (so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe)
deep (large in quantity or size)
Brobdingnagian; huge; immense; vast (unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope)
grand (large and impressive in physical size or extent)
great (relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind)
gigantic; mammoth (so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth)
extended; extensive (large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity)
epic; heroic; larger-than-life (very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale))
elephantine; gargantuan; giant; jumbo (of great mass; huge and bulky)
cosmic (inconceivably extended in space or time)
enormous; tremendous (extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree)
double (large enough for two)
Attribute:
size (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is))
Antonym:
small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Meaning:
Fairly large or important in effect; influential
Context example:
played a large role in the negotiations
Similar:
important; significant (important in effect or meaning)
Meaning:
Ostentatiously lofty in style
Synonyms:
turgid; tumid; orotund; declamatory; bombastic; large
Context examples:
a man given to large talk / tumid political prose
Similar:
rhetorical (concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking)
Meaning:
Generous and understanding and tolerant
Synonyms:
magnanimous; large; big
Context examples:
a heart big enough to hold no grudges / that's very big of you to be so forgiving / a large and generous spirit / a large heart / magnanimous toward his enemies
Similar:
generous (not petty in character and mind)
Meaning:
Conspicuous in position or importance
Synonyms:
prominent; big; large
Context examples:
a big figure in the movement / big man on campus / he's very large in financial circles / a prominent citizen
Similar:
conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)
Meaning:
Having broad power and range and scope
Context examples:
taking the large view / a large effect / a large sympathy
Similar:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Meaning:
In an advanced stage of pregnancy
Synonyms:
with child; enceinte; gravid; expectant; large; great; big; heavy
Context examples:
was big with child / was great with child
Similar:
pregnant (carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life)
• LARGE (adverb)
Meaning:
At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
Meaning:
With the wind abaft the beam
Context example:
a ship sailing large
Meaning:
In a boastful manner
Synonyms:
vauntingly; boastfully; big; large
Context example:
he talked big all evening
