above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; a large city; set out for the big city; a large sum; a big (or large) barn; a large family; big businesses; a big expenditure; a large number of newspapers; a big group of scientists; large areas of the world

[ Syn: big , big ]

a garment size for a large person

at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark)

with the wind abaft the beam; a ship sailing large'

in a boastful manner; he talked big all evening

[ Syn: boastfully , boastfully , vauntingly , vauntingly , big , big , boastfully , boastfully , vauntingly , vauntingly , big , big , boastfully , boastfully , vauntingly , vauntingly , big , big , boastfully , boastfully , vauntingly , vauntingly , big , big ]

fairly large or important in effect; influential; played a large role in the negotiations'

ostentatiously lofty in style; a man given to large talk; tumid political prose

[ Syn: bombastic , declamatory , orotund , tumid , turgid ]

generous and understanding and tolerant; a heart big enough to hold no grudges; thats very big of you to be so forgiving; a large and generous spirit; a large heart; magnanimous toward his enemies

[ Syn: big , magnanimous ]

conspicuous in position or importance; a big figure in the movement; big man on campus; hes very large in financial circles; a prominent citizen

[ Syn: big , prominent ]

having broad power and range and scope; taking the large view; a large effect; a large sympathy'

in an advanced stage of pregnancy; was big with child; was great with child

[ Syn: big , enceinte , expectant , gravid , great , heavy , with child ]