[syn: pretentiousness, pretension, largeness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Largeness \Large"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being large.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
largeness
n 1: 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, largeness]
2: 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: largeness,
extensiveness]
3: the property of having a relatively great size [syn:
largeness, bigness] [ant: littleness, smallness]
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,
largeness] [ant: unpretentiousness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "largeness":
ampleness, amplitude, area, bigheartedness, bigness, body,
boundlessness, bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, breadth,
broadness, bulk, caliber, capaciousness, comprehensiveness,
copiousness, coverage, depth, diameter, dimension, dimensions,
easy purse strings, enormity, enormousness, expanse, expansion,
expansiveness, extension, extensiveness, extent, formidableness,
free hand, freedom, freehandedness, freeheartedness, freeness,
fullness, gauge, generosity, generousness, gigantism, girth,
givingness, graciousness, grandeur, grandiosity, grandness,
great heart, great scope, greatheartedness, greatness, height,
hospitality, hugeness, immensity, infinity, intensity,
largeheartedness, largess, length, liberality, liberalness,
magnanimity, magnitude, mass, measure, measurement, might,
mightiness, muchness, munificence, open hand, open heart,
openhandedness, openheartedness, plenitude, power, prodigiousness,
profundity, proportion, proportions, radius, range, reach, scale,
scope, size, spaciousness, spread, strength, stupendousness,
tallness, tremendousness, unselfishness, vastness, volume, welcome,
wideness, width