larger Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite large or big relative to something else
bigger.
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adjective above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
large; big.
- a large city
- set out for the big city
- a large sum
- a big (or large) barn
- a large family
- big businesses
- a big expenditure
- a large number of newspapers
- a big group of scientists
- large areas of the world
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adjective satellite fairly large or important in effect; influential
large.
- played a large role in the negotiations
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adjective satellite ostentatiously lofty in style
tumid; bombastic; orotund; large; turgid; declamatory.
- a man given to large talk
- tumid political prose
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adjective satellite generous and understanding and tolerant
large; big; magnanimous.
- a heart big enough to hold no grudges
- that's very big of you to be so forgiving
- a large and generous spirit
- a large heart
- magnanimous toward his enemies
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adjective satellite conspicuous in position or importance
large; big; prominent.
- a big figure in the movement
- big man on campus
- he's very large in financial circles
- a prominent citizen
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adjective satellite having broad power and range and scope
large.
- taking the large view
- a large effect
- a large sympathy
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adjective satellite in an advanced stage of pregnancy
heavy; great; with child; gravid; big; enceinte; expectant; large.
- was big with child
- was great with child
