Synonyms for large
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Huge
huge, big, massive, enormous, vast, gigantic, wide, sizable US, sizeable UK, immense, broad, great, gurt UK, colossal, ample, generous, spacious, considerable, bulky, voluminous, grand, gargantuan, hefty, tremendous
2. Bombastic
bombastic, turgid, declamatory, tumid, orotund rare
Other
prominent, king-size, magnanimous, astronomical, galactic, hench, mickle dated UK, largeish rare, elephantic rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
- adj. 2
That is large (the manufactured size).
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Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- huge Yesterday I went to the zoo and saw a huge walrus.
- massive Algeria exports massive quantities of natural gas.
- vast Sami loved hiking in the vast Canadian wilderness.
- enormous She lives alone in a house of enormous dimensions.
- prominent High fever is a prominent symptom of this disease.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 4 letters
- huge1, wide1, vast1, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, grand1, broad1, ample2, hefty2, bulky2, hench1, tumid
- 6 letters
- turgid2, mickle2
- 7 letters
- massive2, immense2, sizable3, orotund
- 8 letters
- enormous3, generous3, gigantic3, galactic3, colossal3, spacious2, sizeable3, largeish
- 9 letters
- prominent3, bombastic3
- 10 letters
- tremendous3, voluminous4, gargantuan4, elephantic
- 11 letters
- magnanimous4, declamatory
- 12 letters
- considerable5, astronomical5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ample2 = 2 syllables).