'Large' definitions:
Definition of 'large'
(from WordNet)
adverb
At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
adverb
With the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large"
adverb
adjective
Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "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" [syn: large, big] [ant: little, small]
adjective
Fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"
adjective
Ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid]
adjective
Generous and understanding and tolerant; "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" [syn: big, large, magnanimous]
adjective
Conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large, prominent]
adjective
Having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
adjective
In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)]
noun
A garment size for a large person
Definition of 'Large'
From: GCIDE
- Large \Large\ (l[aum]rj), a. [Compar. Larger (l[aum]r"j[~e]r); superl. Largest.] [F., fr. L. largus. Cf. Largo.]
- 1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city. [1913 Webster]
- Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions. [1913 Webster]
- We have yet large day. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse. [1913 Webster]
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education. --Felton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Free; unembarrassed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. [Obs.] "Some large jests he will make." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Naut.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter. [1913 Webster]
- At large. (a) Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. (b) Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large.
- Common at large. See under Common, n.
- Electors at large, Representative at large, electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State. [U. S.]
- To give large, To go large, To run large, or {To sail large} (Naut.), to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See Large, a., 8.
- Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Large'
From: GCIDE
- Large \Large\, adv. Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Large'
From: GCIDE
- Large \Large\, n. (Mus.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'large'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adipose,
- altogether,
- ample,
- amplitudinous,
- as a whole,
- astronomical,
- at large,
- at liberty,
- awesome,
- beamy,
- beneficent,
- big,
- bighearted,
- boundless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- brawny,
- broad,
- Brobdingnagian,
- bulky,
- bull,
- bumper,
- burly,
- capacious,
- charitable,
- chiefly,
- chunky,
- colossal,
- considerable,
- corpulent,
- cosmic,
- eleemosynary,
- elephantine,
- eminently,
- enormous,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extensive,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- fat,
- free,
- freehanded,
- freehearted,
- galactic,
- gargantuan,
- Gargantuan,
- generally,
- generous,
- gigantic,
- giving,
- good,
- goodly,
- gracious,
- grand,
- great,
- greathearted,
- handsome,
- healthy,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- hospitable,
- huge,
- humongous,
- husky,
- immeasurable,
- immense,
- immoderate,
- imposingly,
- in a body,
- in general,
- in the main,
- infinite,
- inordinate,
- jumbo,
- kind,
- king-size,
- large-scale,
- largehearted,
- lavish,
- liberal,
- magnanimous,
- mainly,
- major,
- mammoth,
- man-sized,
- massive,
- massy,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- munificent,
- muscular,
- numerous,
- obese,
- on the loose,
- open,
- open-handed,
- openhanded,
- openhearted,
- outsize,
- overgrown,
- overweight,
- philanthropic,
- portly,
- princely,
- prodigious,
- profuse,
- prominently,
- rotund,
- sizable,
- sizeable,
- solid,
- spacious,
- staggering,
- stintless,
- stocky,
- stout,
- strapping,
- stupendous,
- sturdy,
- substantial,
- tall,
- thickset,
- tidy,
- titanic,
- tremendous,
- unconfined,
- unfettered,
- ungrudging,
- unrestrained,
- unselfish,
- unsparing,
- unstinted,
- unstinting,
- vast,
- voluminous,
- weighty,
- wide
Words containing 'Large'
- At large,
- Largely,
- Largeness,
- by and large,
- too large,
- Common at large,
- Electors at large,
- Large intestine,
- Representative at large,
- To give large,
- To go large,
- To run large,
- To sail large,
- bulk large,
- extra large,
- in large quantities,
- large calorie,
- large cap,
- large civet,
- large crabgrass,
- large cranberry,
- large integer,
- large number,
- large order,
- large periwinkle,
- large person,
- large poodle,
- large scale,
- large white,
- loom large,
- writ large,
- Fool-large,
- Large-acred,
- Large-handed,
- Large-hearted,
- Large-heartedness,
- large indefinite amount,
- large indefinite quantity,
- large magellanic cloud,
- large tooth aspen,
- large white petunia,
- large-cap,
- large-capitalisation,
- large-capitalization,
- large-grained,
- large-headed,
- large-leafed,
- large-leaved,
- large-minded,
- large-mouthed,
- large-scale,
- law of large numbers,
- medium-large,
- large yellow lady's slipper,
- large-flowered calamint,
- large-flowered fiddleneck,
- large-flowering magnolia,
- large-leaved aster,
- large-leaved magnolia,
- large-toothed aspen,
- large-leaved cucumber tree