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LARGENESS
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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)
