Large meaning

What does “large” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“large” is a noun, adjective and adverb with 11 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a garment size for a large person.

large

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
“a large city”
“set out for the big city”
Synonymsbig
Oppositessmall
fairly large or important in effect; influential
“played a large role in the negotiations”
ostentatiously lofty in style
“a man given to large talk”
“tumid political prose”
Synonymsbombastic declamatory orotund tumid turgid
generous and understanding and tolerant
“a heart big enough to hold no grudges”
“that's very big of you to be so forgiving”
Synonymsbig magnanimous
conspicuous in position or importance
“a big figure in the movement”
“big man on campus”
Synonymsbig prominent
having broad power and range and scope
“taking the large view”
“a large effect”
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
“was big with child”
“was great with child”
Synonymsbig enceinte expectant gravid great heavy with child

at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
with the wind abaft the beam
“a ship sailing large”
in a boastful manner
“he talked big all evening”
Synonymsboastfully vauntingly big

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University