large
adjective
[ lɑːdʒ ]
• of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.
• "add a large clove of garlic"
Similar:
big,
great,
huge,
of considerable size,
sizeable,
substantial,
immense,
enormous,
colossal,
massive,
mammoth,
vast,
cosmic,
goodly,
prodigious,
tremendous,
gigantic,
giant,
monumental,
stupendous,
gargantuan,
elephantine,
titanic,
mountainous,
monstrous,
towering,
tall,
high,
lofty,
mighty,
epic,
inordinate,
voluminous,
unlimited,
king-size,
king-sized,
giant-size,
giant-sized,
man-size,
man-sized,
outsize,
oversized,
overgrown,
considerable,
major,
Brobdingnagian,
cumbersome,
unwieldy,
jumbo,
whopping,
whopping great,
thumping,
thumping great,
mega,
humongous,
monster,
astronomical,
dirty great,
whacking,
whacking great,
ginormous,
burly,
heavy,
bulky,
thickset,
heavyset,
chunky,
strapping,
powerfully built,
hefty,
muscular,
muscle-bound,
brawny,
muscly,
husky,
solid,
powerful,
sturdy,
solidly built,
broad-shouldered,
strong,
big and strong,
rugged,
Herculean,
fat,
plump,
overweight,
chubby,
stout,
weighty,
meaty,
fleshy,
portly,
rotund,
flabby,
well fed,
paunchy,
Falstaffian,
obese,
gross,
• of wide range or scope.
• "we can afford to take a larger view of the situation"
Similar:
wide-reaching,
far-reaching,
wide-ranging,
wide,
sweeping,
large-scale,
macroscale,
broad,
extensive,
comprehensive,
exhaustive,
wholesale,
global,
large
verb
• enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music.
• "he's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it"
large
adverb
• another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb).
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘liberal in giving, lavish, ample in quantity’): via Old French from Latin larga, feminine of largus ‘copious’.
at large
• (especially of a criminal or dangerous animal) at liberty; escaped or not yet captured.
• "the fugitive was still at large"
Similar:
at liberty,
free,
on the loose,
on the run,
fugitive,
unconfined,
unrestrained,
roaming,
loose,
unbound,
unrestricted,
untied,
unchained,
unshackled,
unfettered,
set loose,
wild,
on the lam,
• as a whole; in general.
• "there has been a loss of community values in society at large"
Similar:
as a whole,
as a body,
generally,
in general,
in the main,
• in a general way; without particularizing.
• "he served as an ambassador at large in the Reagan Administration"
• at length; in great detail.
• "writing at large on the policies he wished to pursue"
