Schedule of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2018	May 31, 2019	May 31, 2018
Numerator:
Net earnings attributable to Lennar	$ 421,472	$ 310,257	$ 661,382	$ 446,472
Less: distributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares	94	99	193	214
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares	3,063	2,557	4,987	3,929
Numerator for basic earnings per share	418,315	307,601	656,202	442,329
Less: net amount attributable to noncontrolling interests in Rialto's Carried Interest Incentive Plan	3,331	240	3,654	449
Plus: interest on convertible senior notes	0	54	0	80
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to convertible shares	0	12	0	15
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$ 414,984	$ 307,427	$ 652,548	$ 441,975
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share-weighted average common shares outstanding (shares)	320,329	325,259	320,834	289,462
Effect of dilutive securities:
Share-based payments (shares)	1	92	6	73
Convertible senior notes (shares)	0	1,467	0	1,098
Denominator for diluted earnings per share-weighted average common shares outstanding (shares)	320,330	326,818	320,840	290,633
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.31	$ 0.95	$ 2.05	$ 1.53
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 1.30	$ 0.94	$ 2.03	$ 1.52
Options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Options to purchase outstanding and anti-dilutive shares	0	0	0	0