adv. with the wind abaft the beam: "a ship sailing large"

adv. at a distance, wide of something as of a mark

adv. in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening"

adj. having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"

adj. fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations"

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "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"

adj. (of buildings and rooms) having ample space; "a roomy but sparsely furnished apartment"; "a spacious ballroom"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. generous and understanding and tolerant; "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"

adj. large enough to be visible to the naked eye

adj. ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"

adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"

adj. generous and understanding and tolerant; "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"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. strong and heavily built: "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W. H. Hudson; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term: a buirdly lad for twelve"

adj. euphemisms for `fat'; "men are portly and women are stout"

adj. large in capacity; "she carried a capacious bag"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

adj. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

adj. without limits in extent or size or quantity; "immeasurable vastness of our solar system"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"

adj. generous and understanding and tolerant; "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"

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "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"

adj. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

adj. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "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"

adj. showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

adj. generous in providing aid to others

adj. full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"

adj. generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"

adj. willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"

adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

adj. showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god"

adj. showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone"

adj. very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"

adj. rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms"

adj. produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"

adj. not greedy

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

adj. puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

adj. affectedly genteel

adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

adj. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

adj. of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

adj. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

adj. using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

adj. full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors"

adj. use of more words than required to express an idea: "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious"

adj. extraordinarily large in size or amount or degree

adj. generous and understanding and tolerant; "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"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "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"

adj. broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

adj. many-sided; "an all-around athlete"; "a well-rounded curriculum"

adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"

adj. omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next; "a door-to-door campaign"; "house-to-house coverage"

adj. broad in scope or content; "encyclopedic knowledge"

adj. broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

adj. providing for many things at once; "an omnibus law"

adj. full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"

adj. existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration

adj. including more than a specified category; "a super experiment"

adj. covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups; "an umbrella organization"; "umbrella insurance coverage"

adj. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

adj. highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery"

adj. sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering"

adj. serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value"

adj. of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental contributions to physics"

adj. worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement"

adj. of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

adj. great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"

adj. suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient excuse for not going"

adj. seizing the attention; "eye-catching posters"

adj. clear and distinct; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"

adj. compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior

adj. made a feature or highlight; given prominence; "a featured actor"; "a featured item at the sale"

adj. clearly to be seen; "they were much in evidence during the fighting"; "she made certain that her engagement ring was in evidence"

adj. singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate; "a marked man"

adj. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"

adj. obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"

adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

adj. without envy or reluctance; "ungrudging admiration"

adj. (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one

adj. excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

adj. of, relating to, or used in courts of law or public debate or argument

adj. lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

adj. characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves

adj. characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction"

adj. of or relating to style (especially in the use of language); "stylistic devices"

adj. (informal) pregnant out of wedlock

adj. (used especially of persons) of inferior size

adj. low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"

adj. too small to be seen except under a microscope