capacious

[ kuh-pey-shuhs ]
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adjective
  1. capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin.

Origin of capacious

1
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin capāc-, the stem of the adjective capax “able to take, take in, contain,” from capere, “to take, seize” + -ious

Other words for capacious

Opposites for capacious

Other words from capacious

  • ca·pa·cious·ly, adverb
  • ca·pa·cious·ness, noun
  • un·ca·pa·cious, adjective
  • un·ca·pa·cious·ly, adverb
  • un·ca·pa·cious·ness, noun

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How to use capacious in a sentence

  • Colquhoun shows how strangely the severity of the law was combined with its extreme capaciousness.

  • Is it a trifle that we temper energy with softness, strength with flexibility, capaciousness of sound with pliancy of idiom?

    Spare Hours | John Brown
  • The capaciousness of her beliefs and acceptances amazed him.

    The Pastor's Wife | Elizabeth von Arnim
  • But the greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness.

    Nationalism | Rabindranath Tagore
  • France, great and populous as it is, is but a spot in the capaciousness of the system.

British Dictionary definitions for capacious

capacious

/ (kəˈpeɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. capable of holding much; roomy; spacious

Origin of capacious

1
C17: from Latin capāx, from Latin capere to take

Derived forms of capacious

  • capaciously, adverb
  • capaciousness, noun

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