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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"The big large monolithic model, it's $15 per million tokens, but you can get that down to like five cents if you use the smaller mini model," says Adrian Balfour of consultancy Enverso.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Officials also posed with him while presenting large flower assortments.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
But a search of court documents has revealed that a large cache of emails relating to Mountbatten-Windsor's finances had already been sent to Palace officials, years before the current inquiries began.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The so-called averages committee at Dow Jones periodically decides whether a given stock should be deleted from the Dow and replaced with another stock, and with just 30 constituent stocks the committee’s decisions loom large.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
Indeed, the badger was a shining achievement of nature, and everything from his unchipped teeth to his large eyes gleamed with the knowledge of it.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
