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[ kuh-pey-shuhs ] / kəˈpeɪ ʃəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR capacious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecapable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin. Origin of capaciousFirst recorded in 1605–15; capaci(ty) + -ous SYNONYMS FOR capaciousample, large. SEE SYNONYMS FOR capacious ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR capaciousconfining. SEE ANTONYMS FOR capacious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM capaciousca·pa·cious·ly, adverbca·pa·cious·ness, nounun·ca·pa·cious, adjectiveun·ca·pa·cious·ly, adverb un·ca·pa·cious·ness, noun Words nearby capaciouscap, capa, capability, Capablanca, capable, capacious, capacitance, capacitate, capacitation, capacitive, capacitive coupling Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for capaciousAs we were getting ready to repair to his capacious table, we were joined by Claude Lanzmann, the maker of the film Shoah. My Moments With Ariel Sharon|Seth Lipsky|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet I doubt that she will become a capacious judge with wide-ranging interests and intense curiosity. Elena Kagan's Surprise Defender|Richard A. Epstein|May 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST But George H.W. Bush is a man of capacious and unconditional love, so I imagine that carried him through the day. How Hillary's Feeling About Caroline|Christopher Buckley|January 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST Genuine humour, as Landor has pointed out, requires a "sound and capacious mind, which is always a grave one." Mark Twain|Archibald Henderson
Her print gown was of brilliant pink and her capacious apron of blue gingham. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch|Evelyn Raymond Roy dumped his bags and bundles on the grass and then began to explore his own capacious pockets. On the Edge of the Arctic|Harry Lincoln Sayler A stout heart was enough in the days of old; in our days he is required to have a capacious brain-pan. The Duchesse de Langeais|Honore de Balzac The warehouses are capacious and the ample quays equipped with steam cranes and other modern appliances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8|Various
British Dictionary definitions for capacious
adjectivecapable of holding much; roomy; spacious Derived forms of capaciouscapaciously, adverbcapaciousness, nounWord Origin for capaciousC17: from Latin capāx, from Latin capere to take Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to capaciousabundant, broad, comfortable, commodious, comprehensive, expansive, extended, generous, liberal, plentiful, roomy, sizable, spacious, substantial, vast, voluminous, wide, dilatable, distensible, expandable |