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

Definitions

1. superlative. 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.
2. superlative. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
3. superlative. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
4. superlative. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.
5. superlative. Free; unembarrassed.
6. superlative. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.
7. superlative. Prodigal in expending; lavish.
8. superlative. 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.
9. adverb. Freely; licentiously.
10. noun. A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
11. noun. a garment size for a large person
12. adjective. in an advanced stage of pregnancy

    "was big with child"

    "was great with child"

    Synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy

13. adjective. having broad power and range and scope

    "taking the large view"

    "a large effect"

14. adjective. conspicuous in position or importance

    "a big figure in the movement"

    "big man on campus"

    Synonyms: big, prominent

15. adjective. generous and understanding and tolerant

    "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"

    "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"

    Synonyms: big, magnanimous

16. adjective. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

    "a large city"

    "set out for the big city"

    Synonyms: big

17. adjective. ostentatiously lofty in style

    "a man given to large talk"

    "tumid political prose"

    Synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid

18. adjective. fairly large or important in effect; influential

    "played a large role in the negotiations"

19. adverb. in a boastful manner

    "he talked big all evening"

    Synonyms: big, boastfully, vauntingly

20. adverb. with the wind abaft the beam

    "a ship sailing large"

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

Synonyms

big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, prominent, magnanimous, bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid, boastfully, vauntingly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in large:

alger, argle, elgar, ergal, garle, glare, lager, regal

Common word forms

larger, larges, largely, largest, largeous, largeness

Words from these letters

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