English Explanatory Dictionary

large

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
  2. That is large (the manufactured size).
  3. Abundant; ample.
  4. Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
  5. Free; unencumbered.
  6. Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
  7. 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.
noun
  1. An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
  2. Liberality, generosity.
  3. A thousand dollars/pounds.
  4. One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
  5. An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
  6. One who fits an item of that size.
adv
  1. Before the wind.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/lɑːd͡ʒ/ En-uk-large.ogg /lɑɹd͡ʒ/ en-us-large.ogg /læɹd͡ʒ/

Word forms

large larger largest larges

Etymology

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. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).

Synonyms

big huge giant gigantic enormous stour great mickle largeish ample cosmic bodacious broad commodious considerable expansive good-sized full generous grand hefty hench immense jumbo larger than life largifical leviathan liberal long massive mega- overlarge outsized oversize oversized prodigious roomy rotund sizeable spacious stonking substantial tall vast voluminous wide astronomic behemothic big fat boxcar Brobdingnagian bulky colossal cyclopean Daniel Lambertish elephantine elephantic gargantuan giantesque gigantesque

Antonyms

small tiny minuscule

Related words

size

Derived words

as large as life binary large object bulk large by and large diffuse large B-cell lymphoma enlarge extra extra extra large extra extra large extralarge extra large extra-large give it large go large have it large Khitan large script large and in charge large-billed scrubwren Large Black large blue large bonito large bowel large breasts large calorie large cap large cardamom large cardinal large charge large chequered skipper large cruiser large egret largeflower large format large grizzled skipper large-group awareness training large group awareness training large-handed large-handedly large-handedness large-headed rice rat large-headed water snake large-hearted large-heartedly large-heartedness large heath large igneous province large intestine large it large it up large language model largeleaf large leaf-eating ladybird large light cruiser largely large-minded largemouth largen largeness largenose large offspring syndrome large page
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