Synonyms of large

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adjective

ˈlärj 

1

as in sizable

of a size greater than average of its kind

he was hungry, so he ordered the large pizza

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sizable
• substantial
• considerable
• big
• huge
• oversize
• vast
• great
• handsome
• tidy
• gigantic
• colossal
• massive
• enormous
• staggering
• excessive
• tremendous
• voluminous
• bulky
• largish
• hefty
• outsize
• goodly
• spacious
• husky
• biggish
• immense
• grand
• extravagant
• boxcar
• mammoth
• ample
• major
• hulking
• gargantuan
• humongous
• astronomical
• mountainous
• plentiful
• stupendous
• monumental
• monolithic
• super
• cavernous
• prodigious
• jumbo
• monstrous
• whopping
• titanic
• cosmic
• thick
• appreciable
• exorbitant
• abundant
• galactic
• inordinate
• extreme
• copious
• herculean
• gross
• heroic
• vasty
• supersized
• cyclopean
• Himalayan
• elephantine
• immoderate
• bumper
• roomy
• capacious
• commodious
• Brobdingnagian
• whacking
• leviathan
• king-size
• super-duper
• pharaonic
• hellacious
• walloping
• Bunyanesque
• fat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• small
• smallish
• little
• puny
• dwarf
• tiny
• undersized
• dinky
• dwarfish
• miniature
• minuscule
• microscopic
• diminutive
• infinitesimal
• mini
• teeny
• wee
• little bitty
• teensy
• pocket-size
• pygmy
• minute
• thin
• shrimpy
• half-pint
• Lilliputian
• bantam
• slender
• petite
• slight
• slim
• microminiature
• pint-size
• teeny-weeny
• teensy-weensy

2

as in fashionable

enjoying widespread favor or approval

a color that will be very large this spring if the fashion designers have their way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fashionable
• popular
• favorite
• big
• popularized
• pop
• hot
• desirable
• happening
• in
• famous
• prominent
• preferred
• red-hot
• vogue
• faddish
• fabulous
• crowd-pleasing
• celebrated
• modish
• faddy
• voguish
• notorious
• legendary
• selected
• renowned
• important
• du jour
• famed
• outstanding
• liked
• notable
• remarkable
• significant
• leading
• noted
• semipopular
• wanted
• well-known
• fabled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpopular
• out
• unfashionable
• rejected
• insignificant
• unimportant
• disliked
• despised
• unknown
• hated
• detested
• obscure
• unexceptional
• inconspicuous
• anonymous
• washed-up
• nameless
• indistinguished

large

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adverb

as in high

in a luxurious manner

college students living large on generous allowances from indulgent parents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• high
• expensively
• luxuriously
• fine
• richly
• comfortably
• extravagantly
• sumptuously
• opulently
• impressively
• lavishly
• magnificently
• grandly
• palatially
• plushly
• fatly
• imposingly
• splendidly
• ostentatiously
• grandiosely
• pompously
• affluently
• pretentiously
• prodigally
• wastefully
• wealthily
• immoderately
• indulgently
• intemperately
• wantonly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• simply
• humbly
• modestly
• plainly
• austerely
• poorly
• economically
• reasonably
• moderately
• cheaply
• inexpensively
• meagerly
• sparingly
• frugally
• unpretentiously
• sensibly
• conservatively
• prudently
• sparely
• skimpily
• thriftily
• temperately
• restrainedly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of large

Adjective

Earlier Sunday, Israeli troops carried out a large counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank town of Al-Mughayyir. — Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

And big tech firms are borrowing huge amounts of cash to plow into data center construction while the federal government is still running large yearly budget deficits. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Adverb

Just two rounds of Premier League football remain, and matchweek 37 looms large at both ends of the table. — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 16 May 2026

His impact on cable TV and the news industry writ large will endure for generations to come. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 May 2026

Phrases Containing large

• at large
• by and large