large
adjective
1. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- a large city
- a large sum
- a big (or large) barn
Similar word(s): ample, sizable, sizeable, astronomic, astronomical, galactic, bigger, larger, biggish, largish, enlarged, bouffant, puffy, broad, spacious, wide, bulky, capacious, colossal, prodigious, stupendous, deep, double, enormous, tremendous, cosmic, elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo, epic, heroic, extended, extensive, gigantic, mammoth, great, grand, brobdingnagian, huge, immense, vast, hulking, hulky, banging, humongous, thumping, walloping, whopping, lifesize, macroscopic, macroscopical, macro, massive, monolithic, monumental, monstrous, mountainous, outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized, overlarge, plumping, rangy, super, titanic, volumed, voluminous, whacking, big
2. fairly large or important in effect; influential
- played a large role in the negotiations
Similar word(s): important, significant
3. ostentatiously lofty in style; pompous; pretentious
- a man given to large talk
Similar word(s): rhetorical, bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid
4. generous and understanding and tolerant
- a large and generous spirit
- a large heart
Similar word(s): generous, big, magnanimous
5. noticeable in position or importance
- he's very large in financial circles
Similar word(s): conspicuous, big, prominent
6. having broad power and range and scope
- taking the large view
- a large effect
- a large sympathy
Similar word(s): comprehensive
7. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Similar word(s): pregnant, big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy
Sentences with large as an adjective:
- Russia is a large country.
adverb
1. at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
2. with the wind abaft the beam
- a ship sailing large
3. in a boastful manner
Similar word(s): big, boastfully, vauntingly