Large
See also: Big.
Dictionary definition
- adv. 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; "he talked big all evening" [syn: boastfully, vauntingly, big, large]
- adj. 1: 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]
- 2: fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"
- 3: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid]
- 4: 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]
- 5: 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]
- 6: having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
- 7: 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)]
- n. 1: a garment size for a large person