largeness
1. the property of having a relatively great size
• Syn:
bigness
• Ant:
littleness (for: bigness), smallness
• Derivationally related forms:
big (for: bigness), large
• Hypernyms:
size
• Hyponyms:
ampleness, bulkiness, massiveness, enormousness, grandness,
greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness,
capaciousness, roominess, spaciousness, commodiousness, fullness, voluminosity,
voluminousness, gigantism, giantism
2. the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
- a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject
- a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views
• Syn:
breadth, comprehensiveness
• Derivationally related forms:
comprehensive, comprehensive (for: comprehensiveness)
• Hypernyms:
intelligence
• Hyponyms:
capaciousness, roominess
3. large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
- the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness
- the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it
• Syn:
extensiveness
• Derivationally related forms:
large (for: extensiveness), extensive (for: extensiveness), large
• Hypernyms:
magnitude
4. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
• Syn:
pretentiousness, pretension
• Ant:
unpretentiousness (for: pretentiousness)
• Derivationally related forms:
large, pretentious (for: pretentiousness)
• Hypernyms:
unnaturalness
• Hyponyms:
ostentation
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