large

modif.

1. Of great size

   big, great, huge, wide, grand, considerable, substantial, vast, massive, immense, spacious, bulky, sizable, broad, capacious, colossal, gigantic, mammoth, mountainous, immeasurable, extensive, boundless, plentiful, copious, populous, ample, abundant, goodly, liberal, comprehensive, lavish, hefty, stout, burly, husky, heavyset, fat, swollen, bloated, corpulent, obese, herculean, titanic, monstrous, towering, tall, lofty, mighty, magnificent, commodious, enormous, cyclopean, giant, jumbo, Brobdingnagian, tremendous, prodigious, monumental, stupendous, enlarged, voluminous, overgrown, cumbersome, ponderous, Gargantuan, Antaean, heroic, epic, immoderate, extravagant, astronomical, prodigal, king-size, queen-size, outsize, oversized, elephantine, gigantesque, monster, super*, booming*, healthy*, bumper*, whopping*, thumping*, thundering*, walloping*, humongous*, larger-than-life*; see also broad 1, deep 2, enlarged, extensive 1, fat 1, high 1, long 1.

   Antonyms little*, small*, tiny. *

2. Involving great plans

   extensive, extended, considerable; see comprehensive, general 1.

3. Magnanimous

   open, noble, big-hearted; see generous 1, kind.

large, big, and great are often interchangeable in meaning of more than usual size, extent, etc. a large, big, or great oak, but large is typically used with reference to dimensions or amount a large studio, a large sum, big, to bulk, weight, or extent a big baby, big business, and great, which is less often used of physical things, to size or extent that is impressive, imposing, surprising, etc. a great river, a great success