variants
or oversized
as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
a softball is an oversize and less densely stuffed baseball
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Recent Examples of oversize
Cue the Baby Sully sequence: Fielder looks weird enough in a bald cap and oversize diaper, but then the camera reveals the massive bedroom set he’s walked into, where the crib, door, and dresser are modeled to a giant’s scale to make Fielder look like the size of a baby.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 May 2025
On one wall, there is seating just below an oversize picture window, and on another, a wood-burning fireplace crafted of lilac stone.
—Vivian Marino, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Teenage Fox had an electric guitar without an amp and soon started playing music with his younger brother, Tommy, who made a percussion instrument out of an oversize suitcase from their father’s days as a traveling salesman.
—Nate Rogers, Vulture, 22 May 2025
The plane would likely sell for $75 million to $100 million, according to the Cirium Ascend Consultancy, while the interior with oversize chairs, sofas, wood paneling and a master suite, completed a decade ago, could add $25 million.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 May 2025
On one wall, there is seating just below an oversize picture window, and on another, a wood-burning fireplace crafted of lilac stone.
—Vivian Marino, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Teenage Fox had an electric guitar without an amp and soon started playing music with his younger brother, Tommy, who made a percussion instrument out of an oversize suitcase from their father’s days as a traveling salesman.
—Nate Rogers, Vulture, 22 May 2025
The plane would likely sell for $75 million to $100 million, according to the Cirium Ascend Consultancy, while the interior with oversize chairs, sofas, wood paneling and a master suite, completed a decade ago, could add $25 million.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversize
Adjective
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Bars often use multiple types and shapes, including shaved, cracked, crushed, cubed and large ice cubes and spheres, both produced in molds.—
Isidoro Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The full-service firm works with clients on projects of all sizes, including large renovations and new constructions, and guides each project from start to finish, ensuring a cohesive look throughout the entire home.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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The set of economic policies that Trump is pursuing are confusing and damaging to long term American growth and the fabric of its society (his ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill will disproportionately favour wealthy over poorer households).—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Beyond these rooms is a meditation space/guest room with an enormous Buddha.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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Like Musk, Venis is obsessed with going to outer space and with using his enormous war chest to build hyperscale data centers to create powerful anti-woke AI systems.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
31 May 2025
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“Oversize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversize. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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