Synonyms of at large

at large

phrase

as in loose

not bound, confined, or detained by force

We heard on the radio that there was an escaped prisoner at large.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loose
• free
• at liberty
• escaped
• unrestrained
• unconfined
• unbound
• clear
• unfettered
• footloose
• unleashed
• undone
• untied
• unfastened
• unchained
• uncaged
• disengaged
• unbolted
• uncaught
• unanchored

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confined
• bound
• restrained
• caught
• imprisoned
• enclosed
• unfree
• tied
• fastened
• penned
• anchored
• chained
• bolted
• caged
• kidnapped
• shackled
• immured
• leashed
• fettered
• manacled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of at large

Will White, at large, is set to face five challengers in his first election after being appointed to the council in May 2025. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

But Anthropic is among that vanishingly small minority that has to analyze what might happen if governments and society at large start treating Claude less like a computer program and more like a person. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

The article dropped just hours before Anthropic filed pre-IPO documentation detailing the potential risks to its own revenues and the world at large if its cybersecurity game were found to be lacking. — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Earnings at large industrial companies jumped by more than 15% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2026 as China flooded the world with exports, triggering demands that Beijing cut back on its overcapacity. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026