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Hair wavers are typically larger than your average curling wand, which can be intimidating to use on shorter lengths.
—elle.com, 7 Apr. 2023
Analysts lowered first-quarter earnings expectations by 6.2% during the first quarter, larger than the five-year average of a 2.8% downward revision.
—Hannah Miao, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2023
Here is a film in which the sight of the serious but charming actor Zem sporting a bowtie that is simply too large is somehow a wonderful, enduring image.
—Catherine Bray, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
Immerse yourself in the crystal-clear waters of the world’s fourth-largest barrier reef and discover its vast array of colorful marine life.
—James Barrett, Men’s Health, 6 Apr. 2023
Audiences have grown larger each year, with last year’s attendance reaching about 300 people.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
And Schulz’s murals loomed large in that story.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
At that point, your list of stakeholders, and shareholders, is vastly larger than the scrappy startup years.
—Dan Hynes, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
His compensation package came as Cinemark, the third-largest theater circuit in the U.S. behind AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group, continued to recover at the box office last year after facing theater closures nationwide during the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2023
But scandals loomed large over Benedict’s papacy.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2023
And while his body wasn’t physically present, as is typical at a real wake, the spirit of Carlos Marín loomed large over the show.
—Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Feb. 2022
The Zyliss also boasts an impressive capacity that can hold up to six servings of salad, and the large-holed colander removes water faster than other brands without holding your herbs hostage.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 29 Sep. 2021
The holy site has become a proxy for who controls Jerusalem (the eastern part of which remains occupied under international law and which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their capital) and of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict writ large.
—Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 4 Jan. 2023
Hitler’s defense lawyer talks about how the right to a fair trial is a tenant not only of justice writ large, but also of Jewish morality.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2023
Ferreira accessorized her summery look with large-framed gold wired glasses, a simple gold necklace and a few rings.
—Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2023
Don’t let limited space stop you from living large!
—Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 19 Dec. 2022
There is no simple solution to all of this, or to addressing the myriad concerns people may have about booster doses, initial Covid-19 vaccines, the healthcare system or the government writ large, or people’s lack of concern about Covid-19 itself.
—Emily K. Brunson, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
As a protégé of Diana Vreeland and the epitome of sartorial aristocracy, Talley brought his inimitable love for grandeur as an editor-at-large to the pages of Vogue for four decades.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 24 Jan. 2023
Board members are elected at-large to three-year, staggered terms representing the entire Frisco ISD community.
—Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
André Leon Talley, the hugely influential fashion journalist and flamboyant former editor-at-large of U.S. Vogue, died at the age of 73.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2022
He was known for being an American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine.
—The Editors, Town & Country, 29 Dec. 2022
Fashion icon and former editor-at-large of Vogue André Leon Talley has died at age 73, according to TMZ.
—Vulture, 18 Jan. 2022
Booth Moore, the West Coast executive editor of Women’s Wear Daily, and Robin Givhan, the critic-at-large at The Washington Post.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
In June, Parker Malloy, a former editor-at-large for Media Matters for America who has written about the rise of anti-trans attacks, told MSNBC that such rhetoric was dangerous.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
Navarro, 58, has been president of Por Siempre for 15 years and also serves as a director-at-large with Friends of Oceanside Día de los Muertos, the nonprofit that organizes the festival each year.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
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Table of Contents
- Is large a verb or adjective?
- What is the verb of Word large?
- Is big and adverb?
- Is large word an adjective?
- Can Loud be a verb?
- What word is beautifully?
- What is beautifully adverb?
- Why is beautifully an adverb?
- Is preventative a word?
- How do you stop someone from doing something?
- What is the noun of preventable?
English Language Learners Definition of large : not limited in importance, range, etc. large. noun. English Language Learners Definition of large (Entry 2 of 2) : something that is sold in a large size : something that is bigger than others of the same kind.
Is large a verb or adjective?
Large is an adjective.
What is the verb of Word large?
ENLARGE is the verb form of LARGE.
Is big and adverb?
big (adverb) big–boned (adjective) big–city (adjective) big–headed (adjective)
Is large word an adjective?
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Can Loud be a verb?
Loud can be an adverb or an adjective.
What word is beautifully?
handsomely, gracefully, splendidly, wonderfully, magnificently, gorgeously, tastefully, sublimely, attractively, exquisitely, superbly, appealingly, delightfully, charmingly, elegantly, seductively, excellently, prettily, alluringly, bewitchingly.
What is beautifully adverb?
adverb. /ˈbjuːtɪfli/ /ˈbjuːtɪfli/ in a beautiful way.
Why is beautifully an adverb?
“beautifully” is an adverb, because it describes “writes.”
Is preventative a word?
There is no difference between preventive and preventative. They are both adjectives that mean “used to stop something bad from happening.” Both words are commonly used in contexts concerning health care, as in “preventive/preventative medicine.” Preventive, however, is used much more frequently than preventative.
How do you stop someone from doing something?
Synonyms
- stop. verb. to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening.
- prevent. verb. to stop someone from doing something.
- check. verb. to stop yourself or someone else from doing something.
- restrain. verb.
- silence. verb.
- disturb. verb.
- keep from. phrasal verb.
- foil. verb.
What is the noun of preventable?
The noun form of ‘preventable’ is: * Prevent. Prevented. Preventative. Preventatively.
Hint: Large is a word used to describe something which is big in size or quantity. In other words, it has great capacity. The synonyms are enormous, giant, huge and massive, etc. On the other hand, the opposite word is small, thin, etc.
Complete answer:
To answer this question, firstly understand the meaning of the adverb, adjective, pronoun, noun.
Adverb- It is a word that modifies the verb, adjective, and other adverbs also. For example- Heena is a very tall girl. Here, in this sentence, “very” is an adverb that is modifying the adjective “tall”.
Adjective- It is a word that qualifies the noun or noun phrases. It is used to describe any place, thing, or person. For example- Lata is a beautiful girl. Here, in this sentence, “beautiful” is an adjective that is describing a girl.
Pronoun- These are the words that are used in the place of a noun or noun phrases. They are used in the sentence to avoid repetitiveness. For example- Janny is a kind-hearted girl. She is a brilliant student also. Here, “she” replaces the Janny which is a noun.
Noun- It is used to refer to the name of any particular person, place, or thing. For Example- Hemant is a soft-hearted person. Here, Hemant is the name of the person that is a noun.
Let’s find out now whether the word ‘large’ is a noun, pronoun, adjective, or adverb. Firstly, try to find the answer by making a sentence with the word ‘large’.
For an instance- Mona is a beautiful girl and she lives in a very large house.
Here, “Mona” is the name of the person, hence it is a noun.
“she” is used in the place of Mona; hence it is a pronoun.
“Beautiful” and “Large” is describing the noun, hence it is an adjective.
“very” is modifying the adjective, hence it is an adverb.
With the help of the above example, we can say that “LARGE” is an adjective.
Thus “Large” is an adjective.
Note: There is a small trick to identify whether the word is an adjective or adverb. If we can answer the statement with “What kind” or “How many” then the word is an adjective. On the other hand, if we can answer the statement with “How”, “when”, “where” and “How much” then the word is an adverb. Taking an example- Ishita cried loudly. Here the question is – How did Ishita cry? Hence, loudly is an adverb.
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Mostly displaced Middle English stoor, stour (“large, great”) (from Old English stōr) and muchel (“large, great”) (from Old English myċel).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɑːd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɑɹd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Adjective[edit]
large (comparative larger, superlative largest)
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
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Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
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- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
- (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
- (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
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1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
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- (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
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1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
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Some large jests he will make.
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- (nautical) 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.
Synonyms[edit]
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- big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish
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Antonyms[edit]
- small, tiny, minuscule
Derived terms[edit]
- as large as life, larger than life
- by and large
- enlarge
- give it large
- have it large
- large and in charge
- large charge
- large it, large it up
- largely
- largen
- largeness
- largesome
- largish
- writ large
Translations[edit]
of greater size — See also translations at big
- Adyghe: абрагъу (aabraağʷu)
- Afrikaans: groot (af)
- Albanian: gjerë (sq)
- Arabic: كَبِير (ar) (kabīr), وَاسِع (wāsiʕ)
- Egyptian Arabic: كبير (kibīr)
- Moroccan Arabic: كبير (kbīr)
- South Levantine Arabic: كبير (kbīr)
- Armenian: մեծ (hy) (mec), խոշոր (hy) (xošor)
- Aromanian: mare
- Asturian: grande (ast)
- Azerbaijani: böyük (az), yekə (az), iri (az)
- Bengali: বড় (bn) (boṛ)
- Bulgarian: голя́м (bg) (goljám), е́дър (bg) (édǎr), висо́к (bg) (visók), обши́рен (bg) (obšíren), широ́к (bg) (širók)
- Burmese: ကြီး (my) (kri:), ကြီးမား (my) (kri:ma:)
- Catalan: llarg (ca)
- Catawba: tro
- Central Sierra Miwok: ˀýṭ·y·kyta-
- Chamicuro: s̈hojta
- Cherokee: ᎡᏆ (equa)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 大 (yue) (daai6)
- Dungan: да (da)
- Mandarin: 大 (zh) (dà), 大型 (zh) (dàxíng)
- Choctaw: chito
- Cornish: (unified) brâs
- Czech: velký (cs)
- Dalmatian: maur, grund, gruond
- Dutch: groot (nl)
- Egyptian: (ꜥꜣ), (wr)
- Erzya: покш (pokš)
- Esperanto: granda (eo)
- Estonian: suur (et)
- Evenki: со (so)
- Faroese: stórur (fo), mikil
- Finnish: suuri (fi), iso (fi)
- French: grand (fr)
- Friulian: grant, grand
- Galician: grande (gl)
- Georgian: (didi) დიდი (ka) (didi)
- German: groß (de), weit (de)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils)
- Greek: μεγάλος (el) (megálos)
- Ancient: μέγας (mégas)
- Greenlandic: angivoq
- Hawaiian: nui
- Hebrew: גדול (he) (gadol)
- Hungarian: nagy (hu)
- Icelandic: mikill (is) (number, quantity), stór (is)
- Ido: granda (io)
- Indonesian: besar (id)
- Interlingua: grande
- Irish: mór
- Istriot: grando
- Italian: grande (it), ampio (it), vasto (it)
- Japanese: 大きい (ja) (おおきい, ōkii)
- Kapampangan: karagul
- Khmer: ធំ (km) (tʰom)
- Korean: 큰 (ko) (keun)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: گەورە (ckb) (gewre), زل (ckb) (zil)
- Northern Kurdish: mezin (ku)
- Ladino: grande
- Lao: ກຶດ (lo) (kưt), ໃຫຍ່ (nyai)
- Latgalian: lels
- Latvian: liels
- Lithuanian: didelis (lt)
- Macedonian: голем (golem)
- Malay: besar (ms)
- Manchu: ᠠᠮᠪᠠ (amba)
- Maori: nui (mi)
- Marathi: मोठा (mr) m (moṭhā), मोठी (mr) f (moṭhī), मोठे (mr) n (moṭhe)
- Miskito: tara
- Mòcheno: groas
- Navajo: tsoh
- Norman: gros (Jersey)
- Northern Ohlone: wét̄el
- Norwegian: stor (no)
- Ojibwe: gichi-
- Old English: miċel
- Oromo: guddaa
- Pashto: ستر (ps) (stër), لوی (loi)
- Persian: بزرگ (fa) (bozorg), گنده (fa) (gonde)
- Plautdietsch: groot (nds)
- Polish: duży (pl)
- Portuguese: grande (pt)
- Rapa Nui: nui
- Ratahan: lowen
- Rohingya: boro
- Romani: bāro
- Romanian: mare (ro)
- Russian: большо́й (ru) (bolʹšój), кру́пный (ru) (krúpnyj)
- Sanskrit: मह (sa) (maha), महत् (sa) (mahat)
- Santali: ᱰᱳᱵᱳ (ḍobo)
- Scottish Gaelic: tomadach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: велик
- Roman: velik (sh)
- Slovak: veľký (sk)
- Slovene: velik (sl)
- Spanish: grande (es)
- Swahili: -kubwa (sw)
- Swedish: stor (sv)
- Tahitian: rahi, nui
- Tajik: бузург (tg) (buzurg)
- Telugu: పెద్ద (te) (pedda), భారీ (te) (bhārī)
- Thai: ใหญ่ (th) (yài)
- Tibetan: ཆེན་པོ (chen po)
- Tocharian B: orotstse, māka
- Tswana: -golo
- Turkish: geniş (tr)
- Udmurt: бадӟым (baddźym)
- Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎁 (rb)
- Ukrainian: вели́кий (uk) (velýkyj), чима́лий (čymályj), здоро́вий (zdoróvyj) (colloquial)
- Urdu: بڑا (baṛā)
- Venetian: gran, grando (vec)
- Vietnamese: rộng (vi)
- Võro: suur
- Waray-Waray: da-ko
- Welsh: braisg, mawr (cy)
- West Frisian: grut (fy)
- Yiddish: גרויס (groys)
- Zuni: łana
Noun[edit]
large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)
- (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
- (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
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Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
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1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
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«We’ll call you anything we want,» Dave said. «You owe us eighty-five large, Ace, and what we’ve got for collateral on that money so far is a shitload of Arm & Hammer baking soda worth about a buck-fifty. We’ll call you Hubert J. Motherfucker if we want to.»
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- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured.
- Synonym: L
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
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One small coffee and two larges, please.
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- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
Derived terms[edit]
- at large
Adverb[edit]
large
- (nautical) Before the wind.
Further reading[edit]
- large in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “large”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
- Agler, Alger, Elgar, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, regal
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French large, from Latin largus, larga, largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). The feminine is inherited, but for the masculine, Latin largum (the masculine and neuter accusative) developed into Old French larc, which was discarded.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /laʁʒ/
- (Paris)
- Homophone: larges
- Hyphenation: large
Adjective[edit]
large (plural larges)
- wide, broad
- large
- generous
Derived terms[edit]
- de long en large
- en long en large
- large d’esprit
- ratisser large
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- largesse
Noun[edit]
large m (plural larges)
- open sea
- Synonym: haute mer
- width
- Synonym: largeur
Derived terms[edit]
- au large
- au large de
- prendre le large
Descendants[edit]
- Antillean Creole: laj
- Haitian Creole: laj
- Karipúna Creole French: laj
- Louisiana Creole: laj, larj
Further reading[edit]
- “large”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
- Alger, grêla, régal, régla
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adverb[edit]
largē (comparative largius, superlative largissimē)
- munificently, generously, liberally.
- abundantly, copiously.
- to a great extent.
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
large
- vocative masculine singular of largus
References[edit]
- “large”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “large”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French large, from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).
Adjective[edit]
large m or f
- (Jersey) wide
Derived terms[edit]
- large d’bord, large d’run (“broad in the beam”)
- largement (“widely”)
Noun[edit]
large m (plural larges)
- (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea
- Synonym: plieine mé
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- larc (Roman de Renard, «wide»)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin largus, larga.
Adjective[edit]
large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)
- generous
- large; big
- wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: large
- French: large
- Antillean Creole: laj
- Haitian Creole: laj
- Karipúna Creole French: laj
- Louisiana Creole: laj, larj
- French: large
- Norman: large (Guernsey, Jersey)
- → Middle English: large
- English: large
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (large, supplement)
- large on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Other forms: larger; largest; larges
Large means the size of an item, such as clothing, that falls between medium and extra-large. If you realize your size has changed from medium to large, it might be time to cut back on the cupcakes.
Something that is above average in size or number can be described with the adjective large. Your large collection of bottle caps, which covers the walls of three rooms in your house, is a perfect example. Large also describes something that covers a broad spectrum or scope. You might love being an American studies major because your classes cover a large range of topics.
Definitions of large
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adjective
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
“a
large city”“a
large sum”“a
large family”“a
large number of newspapers”“large areas of the world”
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synonyms:
big
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ample, sizable, sizeable
fairly large
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astronomic, astronomical, galactic
inconceivably large
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bear-sized
large as a bear
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bigger, larger
large or big relative to something else
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biggish, largish
somewhat large
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blown-up, enlarged
as of a photograph; made larger
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bouffant, puffy
being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
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broad, spacious, wide
very large in expanse or scope
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bulky
of large size for its weight
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capacious
large in capacity
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colossal, prodigious, stupendous
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
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deep
large in quantity or size
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double
large enough for two
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enormous, tremendous
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
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cosmic
inconceivably extended in space or time
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elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo
of great mass; huge and bulky
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epic, heroic, larger-than-life
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
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extended, extensive
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
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gigantic, mammoth
so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
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great
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
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grand
large and impressive in physical size or extent
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Brobdingnagian, huge, immense, vast
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
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hulking, hulky
of great size and bulk
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banging, humongous, thumping, walloping, whopping
(used informally) very large
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king-size, king-sized
extra large
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large-mouthed
having a relatively large mouth
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large-scale
unusually large in scope
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large-scale
constructed or drawn to a big scale
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full-size, life-size, life-sized, lifesize
being of the same size as an original
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macroscopic, macroscopical
large enough to be visible with the naked eye
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macro
very large in scale or scope or capability
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man-sized
very large; appropriate to the size of a man
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massive, monolithic, monumental
imposing in size or bulk or solidity
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massive
imposing in scale or scope or degree or power
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medium-large
of anything that is large but not the largest
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monstrous
abnormally large
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mountainous
like a mountain in size and impressiveness
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outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized
larger than normal for its kind
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overlarge, too large
excessively large
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plumping
very large; of exceptional size for its kind
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queen-size, queen-sized
(used especially of beds) not as large as king-size
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rangy
allowing ample room for ranging
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super
extremely large
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titanic
of great force or power
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volumed
formed or rising in rounded masses
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voluminous
large in volume or bulk
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whacking
(British informal) enormous
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wide-ranging
including much
see moresee less-
Antonyms:
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little, small
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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atomic
immeasurably small
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subatomic
of smaller than atomic dimensions
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bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny
very small
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bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny
(used informally) very small
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dinky
small and insignificant
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dwarfish
atypically small
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elfin, elflike
small and delicate
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gnomish
used of small deformed creatures
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half-size
half the usual or regular size
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infinitesimal, minute
infinitely or immeasurably small
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lesser
smaller in size or amount or value
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microscopic, microscopical
so small as to be invisible without a microscope
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micro
extremely small in scale or scope or capability
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miniature
being on a very small scale
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miniscule, minuscule
very small
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olive-sized
about the size of an olive
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pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketable
small enough to be carried in a garment pocket
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puny, runty, shrimpy
(used especially of persons) of inferior size
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slender, slim
small in quantity
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littler, smaller
small or little relative to something else
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smallish
rather small
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small-scale
created or drawn on a small scale
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undersize, undersized
smaller than normal for its kind
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ample, sizable, sizeable
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adjective
having broad power and range and scope
“taking the
large view”“a
large effect”“a
large sympathy”-
Synonyms:
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comprehensive, overarching
including all or everything
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comprehensive, overarching
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adjective
generous and understanding and tolerant
“a
large and generous spirit”“a
large heart”-
synonyms:
big, magnanimous
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generous
not petty in character and mind
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generous
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adverb
at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
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noun
a garment size for a large person
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size
the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
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size
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adjective
fairly large or important in effect; influential
“played a
large role in the negotiations”-
Synonyms:
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important, significant
important in effect or meaning
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important, significant
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adjective
conspicuous in position or importance
“he’s very
large in financial circles”-
synonyms:
big, prominent
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conspicuous
obvious to the eye or mind
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conspicuous
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adjective
ostentatiously lofty in style
“a man given to
large talk”-
synonyms:
bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid
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rhetorical
given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
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rhetorical
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adverb
in a boastful manner
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adverb
with the wind abaft the beam
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adjective
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
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synonyms:
big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, with child
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pregnant
carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
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pregnant
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