Largeness (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

Synonyms:

largeness; pretension; pretentiousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("largeness" is a kind of...):

unnaturalness (the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "largeness"):

ostentation (pretentious or showy or vulgar display)

Derivation:

large (ostentatiously lofty in style)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of having a relatively great size

Synonyms:

bigness; largeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("largeness" is a kind of...):

size (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "largeness"):

ampleness (the property of impressive largeness in size)

bulkiness; massiveness (an unwieldy largeness)

enormousness; grandness; greatness; immenseness; immensity; sizeableness; vastness; wideness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)

capaciousness; commodiousness; roominess; spaciousness (spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building))

fullness; voluminosity; voluminousness (greatness of volume)

giantism; gigantism (excessive largeness of stature)

Antonym:

smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)

Derivation:

large (in an advanced stage of pregnancy)

large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness

Example:

the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it

Synonyms:

extensiveness; largeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("largeness" is a kind of...):

magnitude (relative importance)

Derivation:

large (fairly large or important in effect; influential)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The capacity to understand a broad range of topics

Example:

a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views

Synonyms:

breadth; comprehensiveness; largeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("largeness" is a kind of...):

intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "largeness"):

capaciousness; roominess (intellectual breadth)

Derivation:

comprehensive (broad in scope)

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