| Noun | 1. | large - a garment size for a large personsize - the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe" | |
| Adj. | 1. | large - 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"little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"; "a small voice" | |
| 2. | large - fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"significant, important - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" | |
| 3. | large - large enough to be visible to the naked eye | |
| 4. | large - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"rhetorical - concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply" | |
| 5. | large - 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"generous - not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people" | |
| 6. | large - 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"conspicuous, obvious - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" | |
| 7. | large - having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"comprehensive - including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" | |
| 8. | large - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"pregnant - carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life | |
| Adv. | 1. | large - at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) | |
| 2. | large - with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large" | |
| 3. | large - in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" | |