large, adj.
freq. cnt. 141
freq. cnt. 141
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 246 freq. cnt.: 139 freq. cnt.: 107
big large
sample sentences
"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"
semantic pointers
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sizable, ample, sizeable
astronomical, astronomic, galactic
bear-sized
larger, bigger
biggish, largish
blown-up, enlarged
bouffant, puffy
spacious, wide, broad
bulky
capacious
prodigious, colossal, stupendous
deep
double
tremendous, enormous
cosmic
giant, elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo
heroic, epic, larger-than-life
extensive, extended
gigantic, mammoth
great
grand
vast, huge, immense, Brobdingnagian
hulking, hulky
walloping, humongous, banging, thumping, whopping
king-size, king-sized
large-mouthed
large-scale
large-scale
life-size, lifesize, life-sized, full-size
macroscopic, macroscopical
macro
man-sized
massive, monolithic, monumental
massive
medium-large
monstrous
mountainous
oversized, outsize, outsized, oversize
too large, overlarge
plumping
queen-size, queen-sized
rangy
super
titanic
volumed
voluminous
whacking
wide-ranging
fairly large or important in effect; influential
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
large
sample sentences
"played a large role in the negotiations"
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy
<adj.all> (p) (p) (p) (p) (p) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
big enceinte expectant gravid great heavy large with child
sample sentences
"was big with child""was great with child"
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semantic pointers
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having broad power and range and scope
<adj.all>
large
sample sentences
"taking the large view""a large effect"
"a large sympathy"
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
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conspicuous in position or importance
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2
big large prominent
sample sentences
"a big figure in the movement""big man on campus"
"he's very large in financial circles"
"a prominent citizen"
lexical pointers
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generous and understanding and tolerant
<adj.all>
big large magnanimous
sample sentences
"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"
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ostentatiously lofty in style
<adj.all>
bombastic declamatory large orotund tumid turgid
sample sentences
"a man given to large talk""tumid political prose"
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