Word Meanings - LARGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. At large. Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. Diffusely; fully;

Additional info about word: LARGE

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. At large. Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. Diffusely; fully; in the full extent; as, to discourse on a subject at large. -- Common at large. See under Common, n. -- Electors at large, Representative at large, electors, or a representative, as in Congress, chosen to represent the whole of a State, in distinction from those chosen to represent particular districts in a State. -- To give, go, run, or sail large , to have the wind crossing the direction of a vessel's course in such a way that the sails feel its full force, and the vessel gains its highest speed. See Large, a., 8. Syn. -- Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal. (more info) 1. Exceeding most other things of like in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a nlarge 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. Note: For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height. 2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions. We hare yet large day. Milton. 3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse. I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education. Felton. 4. Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart. 5. Free; unembarrassed. Of burdens all he set the Paynims large. Fairfax. 6. Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language. "Some large jests he will make." Shak. 7. Prodigal in expending; lavish. Chaucer.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LARGE)

• Abundant
• Plentiful
• copious
• plenteous
• large
• ample
• overflowing
• teeming
• full
• lavish
• luxuriant
• bountiful
• abounding
• profuse
• liberal
• rich
• Ample
• Large
• spacious
• roomy
• diffusive
• complete
• sufficient
• plentiful
• abundant
• Astray
• Loose
• abroad
• missing
• about
• at large
• wrong
• erring
• wandering
• Big
• great
• wide
• huge
• bulky
• proud
• arrogant
• pompous
• fat
• massive
• gross
• Bulky
• Huge
• unwieldy
• heavy
• ponderous
• burly
• cumbrous
• gigantic
• brawny

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of LARGE)

• Husband
• store
• keep
• retain
• accumulate
• hoard
• treasure
• spare
• Tie
• fasten
• hold

Related words: (words related to LARGE)

• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• STORER
  One who lays up or forms a store.
• BULKY
  Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. A bulky digest of the revenue laws. Hawthorne.
• PONDEROUS
  1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak. 2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and settled project." Shak. 3.
• PROUDLING
  A proud or haughty person. Sylvester.
• ERRABLENESS
  Liability to error. Dr. H. More.
• ERRHINE
  A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory. Coxe. -- a.
• MISSEL
  Mistletoe. Missel bird, Missel thrush , a large European thrush which feeds on the berries of the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and missel.
• LAVISHNESS
  The quality or state of being lavish.
• PLENTIFUL
  1. Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water. 2. Yielding abundance; prolific; fruitful. If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. Bacon. 3. Lavish; profuse; prodigal.
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• MISSIFICATE
  To perform Mass. Milton.
• PROUD
  prout, prud, prut, AS. prut; akin to Icel. pruedhr stately, handsome, 1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly;
• MISSTAYED
  Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.
• LAVISHER
  One who lavishes.
• MISSILE
  A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
• LIBERALIZE
  To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.
• TREASURER
  One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority;
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• COMMISSARY
  An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. An officer
• ABERRATE
  To go astray; to diverge. Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.
• SUPERREFLECTION
  The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• VERRUGAS
  An endemic disease occurring in the Andes in Peru, characterized by warty tumors which ulcerate and bleed. It is probably due to a special bacillus, and is often fatal.
• PROMISSORILY
  In a promissory manner. Sir T. Browne.
• REMISS
  Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow. Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness.
• SERR
  To crowd, press, or drive together. Bacon.
• UNEXAMPLED
  Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
• TERRESTRIFY
  To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy. Sir T. Browne.
• REMISSLY
  In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.
• INSUFFICIENTLY
  In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
• INERRABLE
  Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. "Inerabble and requisite conditions." Sir T. Browne. "Not an inerrable text." Gladstone.
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
• BERRETTA
  A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics (more info) of L. birrus, birrum, a cloak to keep off rain, cf. Gr. tawny, red:
• INTERREX
  An interregent, or a regent.
• FERRIER
  A ferryman. Calthrop.
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.