large
(lärj)
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin largus, generous.]
adjective: larg·er, larg·est.
- Of greater than average size, extent, quantity, or amount; big.
- Of greater than average scope, breadth, or capacity; comprehensive.
- Important; significant: had a large role in the negotiations; a large producer of paper goods.
- Understanding and tolerant; liberal: a large and generous spirit.
- Of great magnitude or intensity; grand: “a rigid resistance to the large emotions” (Stephen Koch)
- Pretentious; boastful. Used of speech or manners.
- Obsolete Gross; coarse. Used of speech or language.
- Nautical Favorable. Used of a wind.
idioms
- at large
- Not in confinement or captivity; at liberty: a convict still at large. As a whole; in general: the country at large. Representing a nation, state, or district as a whole. Often used in combination: councilor-at-large. Not assigned to a particular country. Often used in combination: ambassador-at-large. At length; copiously.
derivatives
- largéness
- noun
synonyms:
large, big, great These adjectives mean being notably above the average in size or magnitude: a large sum of money; a big brown barn; a great ocean liner.
Antonym: small
