largeness

noun

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

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a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject

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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

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the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness

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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