Large definition

Large as an adjective

1. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

   "a large city"

   Same sense: big

2. fairly large or important in effect; influential

   "played a large role in the negotiations"

3. ostentatiously lofty in style

   "a man given to large talk"

   Same sense: bombastic, turgid, declamatory, tumid, orotund

4. generous and understanding and tolerant

   "a large and generous spirit"

   Same sense: big, magnanimous

5. conspicuous in position or importance

   "he's very large in financial circles"

   Same sense: big, prominent

6. having broad power and range and scope

   "taking the large view"

7. in an advanced stage of pregnancy

   Same sense: great, big, with child, heavy, expectant, gravid, enceinte

Large as an adverb

8. at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

9. with the wind abaft the beam

   "a ship sailing large"

10. in a boastful manner

    Same sense: big, boastfully, vauntingly

Large as a noun

11. a garment size for a large person

Synonyms and antonyms

• big definition
• bombastic
• turgid
• declamatory
• tumid
• orotund
• magnanimous
• prominent
• great definition
• with child
• heavy
• expectant
• gravid
• enceinte
• boastfully
• vauntingly

Opposite: small.

All synonyms of large, sense by sense

How to say large

Large has 1 syllable and rhymes with charge. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with large

• charge
• discharge
• barge
• recharge
• enlarge
• surcharge
• marge
• sarge
• overcharge
• supercharge
• countercharge
• mischarge

LARGE in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

4

Is LARGE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check LARGE in the word checker, or unscramble LARGE to see its 4 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.