Synonyms: large, big, great These adjectives mean being notably above the average in size or magnitude: a large sum of money; a big red barn; a great ocean liner.
A large thing or person is greater in size than usual or average. The pike lives mainly in large rivers and lakes. In the largest room about a dozen children and seven adults are sitting on the carpet. He was a large man with thick dark hair.
Large refers to something that is bigger than others of its kind in terms of size, scale, amount, or degree. It often implies exceeding the normal or average measurements or standards.
Fully; at large. Nautical, before the wind; with the wind free or on the quarter, or in such a direction that studding-sails will draw: as, to go or sail large.
large (comparative larger, superlative largest) Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. quotations Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
grand or pompous: a man given to large, bombastic talk. (of a map, model, etc.) representing the features of the original with features of its own that are relatively large so that great detail may be shown.
LARGE definition: of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great. See examples of large used in a sentence.
to live large: to live in a luxurious or extravagant manner; (hence) to be very successful, popular, or wealthy, esp. ostentatiously so. Now chiefly U.S. slang.
Synonyms: large, big, great These adjectives mean being notably above the average in size or magnitude: a large sum of money; a big red barn; a great ocean liner.