Dictionary Entry
large
large is a 5-letter English word with 21 senses as adverb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 21 senses
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- 1superlative
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large 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.
- 2superlative
Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
- 3superlative
Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
- 4superlative
Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.
- 5superlative
Free; unembarrassed.
- 6superlative
Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.
- 7superlative
Prodigal in expending; lavish.
- 8superlative
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.
- 9adverb
Freely; licentiously.
- 10noun
A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- 11noun
a garment size for a large person
- 12adjective
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"
"was great with child"
- 13adjective
having broad power and range and scope
"taking the large view"
"a large effect"
- 14adjective
conspicuous in position or importance
"a big figure in the movement"
"big man on campus"
- 15adjective
generous and understanding and tolerant
"a heart big enough to hold no grudges"
"that's very big of you to be so forgiving"
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- 16adjective
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"a large city"
"set out for the big city"
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- 17adjective
ostentatiously lofty in style
"a man given to large talk"
"tumid political prose"
- 18adjective
fairly large or important in effect; influential
"played a large role in the negotiations"
- 19adverb
in a boastful manner
"he talked big all evening"
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- 20adverb
with the wind abaft the beam
"a ship sailing large"
- 21adverb
at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)
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