capacious

American  

[kuh-pey-shuhs] / kəˈpeɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. capable of holding much; spacious or roomy.

   a capacious storage bin.

   Synonyms:

   large, spacious, roomy, ample

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capacious British  

/ kəˈpeɪʃəs /

adjective

1. capable of holding much; roomy; spacious

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Other Word Forms

• capaciously adverb
• capaciousness noun
• uncapacious adjective
• uncapaciously adverb
• uncapaciousness noun

Etymology

Origin of capacious

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 ( def. )

Example Sentences

The main body of the show, mounted in capacious glass cabinets, is organized around his most notable books.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tanizaki’s capacious tale is as intricate as origami—and the Makioka women are memorable, both as subtly drawn individuals and a collective.

From The Wall Street Journal

For Elizabeth McCracken, writing a novel requires attention to matters as small as punctuation and as capacious as the imagined world her characters inhabit.

From The Wall Street Journal

Theatergoers of today rarely if ever encounter the workings of a mind so capacious in its interests and abilities as his.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The crossword is a uniquely capacious artifact ready to absorb and recast any group’s predilections and passions into puzzle form,” he writes.

From Los Angeles Times