noun
a garment size for a large person
adjective
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Synonyms
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
adjective
fairly large or important in effect
Examples
- influential
- played a large role in the negotiations
adjective
ostentatiously lofty in style
Synonyms
Examples
- a man given to large talk
- tumid political prose
adjective
generous and understanding and tolerant
Synonyms
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
adjective
conspicuous in position or importance
Synonyms
Examples
- a big figure in the movement
- big man on campus
- he's very large in financial circles
- a prominent citizen
adjective
having broad power and range and scope
Examples
- taking the large view
- a large effect
- a large sympathy
adjective
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Synonyms
Examples
- was big with child
- was great with child
adverb
at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
adverb
with the wind abaft the beam
Examples
- a ship sailing large
adverb
in a boastful manner
Synonyms
Examples
- he talked big all evening