large
UK /lɑːd͡ʒ/ · US /lɑɹd͡ʒ/ adjective, noun, adverb, proper noun
Forms larger largest larges
- adjective Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. “Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.”
- adjective (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
- adjective (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
- adjective (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- adjective (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
- adjective (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
- adjective (nautical) 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 (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- noun (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
- noun (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds. “Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.”
- noun (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
- noun (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size. “One small coffee and two larges, please.”
- noun (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- adverb (nautical) Before the wind.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
big huge giant gigantic enormous stour great mickle largeish ample exceeding cosmic bodacious broad commodious considerable expansive good-sized full generous bombastic declamatory orotund tumid turgid magnanimous prominent enceinte expectant gravid
Antonyms
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).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Exceeding most other things of like in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; --opposed to small; as, a nlarge horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
- adjective Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
- adverb Freely; licentiously. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- noun A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
Etymology [F., fr. L. largus. Cf. Largo.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “large”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details