large
Usage
What are other ways to say large?
In reference to the size and extent of concrete objects, large is somewhat formal, great is highly formal and even poetic, suggesting also that the object is notable or imposing, and big is the most general and most colloquial word: a large tree; a great oak; a big tree; a large field; great plains; a big field. When the reference is to degree or a quality, great is the usual word: great beauty; great mistake; great surprise; although big sometimes alternates with it in colloquial style: a big mistake; a big surprise; large is usually not used in reference to degree, but may be used in a quantitative reference: a large number (great number).
Example Sentences
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Bonta told reporters that voters living 50 or more miles from six large mail processing centers in urban areas who mailed their ballots on election day would not have those ballots postmarked in time.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
A trillion is an inconceivably large number — for that matter, so is a billion, which is a thousand million, while a trillion is a thousand billion.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Nonetheless, those four little words - not fit for purpose - were followed by large consequences.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Then he led a large group in the “casino circle,” a sort of Latin square dance that originated in Havana in the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
If Tante Jans’s share in this crowded house was remarkably large, it never seemed so to any of us living there.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
