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Large

/ˈlɑːd͡ʒ/

An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.

📖 Definitions of "Large"

noun

1
An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
2
Liberality, generosity.
3
(plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
"Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large."
4
A large serving of something.
"One small coffee and two larges, please."

adjective

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."
2
Abundant; ample.
3
Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
4
Free; unencumbered.

adverb

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
conspicuous	Obvious or easy to notice.
significantnoun	Having a noticeable or major effect.
prodigious	Extraordinarily amazing.
comprehensivenoun	Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
ample	Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
important	Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
prominentnoun	Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
heavynoun	(of any physical thing) Having great weight.
broadnoun	Wide in extent or scope.
greatnoun	(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
extensive	Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
magnanimous	Noble and generous in spirit.
tremendous	Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
vastnoun	Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
colossal	Extremely large or on a great scale.
turgid	(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
obvious	Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
deepnoun	(of distance or position; also figurative) Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
enceintenoun	Pregnant.
immensenoun	Huge, gigantic, very large.
bignoun	Of great size, large.
tumid	Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
monolithic	(figurative) Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.
massivenoun	Very large in size or extent.
sizeable	(British, Canada) Standard spelling of sizable.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
littlenoun	Small in size.
smallnoun	Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
microscopic	So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
microscopical	Pertaining to the microscope; achieved by means of a microscope.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
great	(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
large-scale	Large in amount, scope or extent.
vast	Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
larger-than-life	(only attributive) Alternative form of larger than life. [Of greater size or magnitude than is naturally or normally the case; of larger size than life-size.]
colossal	Extremely large or on a great scale.
huge	Very large.
prodigious	Extraordinarily amazing.
humongous	(informal) Of an extremely large size.
massive	Very large in size or extent.
big	Of great size, large.
sizable	Fairly large.
ample	Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
immense	Huge, gigantic, very large.
gigantic	Very large.
gargantuan	Huge; immense; tremendous.
stupendous	Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
whopping	(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.
whacking	(informal) Exceptionally large; whopping (often followed by an adjective such as great or big).
oversized	Very large; especially of something larger than normal for its type.
oversize	Larger than normal.