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

Keep up with the sport at large by subscribing to five-star newsletter Until Saturday. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

In America at large, the risk that a child will die is highest during the first year of life. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026

Since that time, the pope said AI and technology at large decreases the interactions and relationships people have with one another. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

The video for it, projected at large scale in a gallery space lined with a red textile woven with the song’s musical score, follows a ritualistic procession including Björk through an Icelandic valley. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026