noun
1. the property of having a relatively great size
• Syn: ↑bigness
• Ant: ↑littleness (for: ↑bigness), ↑smallness
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.