n. a garment size for a large person

n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

n. a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite

n. a state in midwestern United States

n. federate state in the United States of America

v. have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"

v. support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

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

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

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

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

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

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

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

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

n. a small quantity of anything; "a morsel of paper was all he needed"

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

n. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

n. a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"

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. short and blunt; "stubby fingers"; "a stubby pencil"

adj. strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson

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

adj. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation"

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. abundantly filled with especially living things; "the Third World's teeming millions"; "the teeming boulevard"

adj. not greedy

adj. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation"

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. very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

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

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) 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. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

adj. unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

adj. having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"

adj. of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; "a no-hit pitcher"; "a no-hit game"

adj. successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe

adj. yielding positive results

adj. having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"

adj. having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"

adj. bringing success; "the winning run"

adj. in the current fashion or style

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

adj. capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons"

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

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. 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. adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations; "universal wrench", "universal chuck"; "universal screwdriver"

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

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. 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. having facial features as specified; usually used in combination; "a grim-featured man"

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. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

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

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

adj. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton

adj. used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law; "forensic photograph"; "forensic ballistics"

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"

adv. moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden; "the cat came out from under the bed";

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

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"; "a little man"