Overview of noun large.

The noun large has 1 sense

• large -- (a garment size for a large person)

Overview of adj large.

The adj large has 7 senses

• large, big -- (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")


• large -- (fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations")


• bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid -- (ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose")


• big, large, magnanimous -- (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")


• big, large, prominent -- (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")


• large -- (having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy")


• big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child")

Overview of adv large.

The adv large has 3 senses

• large -- (at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark))


• large -- (with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large")


• boastfully, vauntingly, big, large -- (in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening")