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copious
/ ˈkəʊpɪəs /
adjective
- abundant; extensive in quantity
- having or providing an abundant supply
- full of words, ideas, etc; profuse
Derived Forms
- ˈcopiousness, noun
- ˈcopiously, adverb
Other Words From
- copi·ous·ly adverb
- copi·ous·ness co·pi·os·i·ty [koh-pee-, os, -i-tee], noun
- over·copi·ous adjective
- over·copi·ous·ly adverb
- over·copi·ous·ness noun
- un·copi·ous adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of copious1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In general, larger, lined notebooks work best for school settings where you’ll be taking copious notes throughout the day.
According to the documents, this frat house work environment included “cube crawls,” in which male employees would drink “copious amounts” of alcohol, crawl through cubicles and behave inappropriately toward women in the office.
The access granted by the Pegasus spyware appears to allow hackers to gather copious amounts of data from a smartphone without issue, according to the report.
One of the best ways to spoil your pets is by spending copious amounts of time with them outdoors.
Iftar gatherings worldwide take pride in providing copious amounts of food every night for 30 days.
His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.
After cleaning up the copious amount of blood on my body in a bathroom, I found my clothing and got dressed.
Unfortunately, the attention to appearance also leads to copious amounts of vitriol being spewed at famous women every day.
Throughout her career, tales of wild behavior, random sexual encounters and copious drug use have orbited her waifish figure.
The infection can—with copious amounts of disinfectant (bleach) and meticulous attention to detail—end there.
Dinner occurred in the middle of the day, and about nine in the evening was an informal but copious supper.
The sun set in a dense bank and the moment it disappeared a very copious dew began to fall.
M. Roland had recently been traveling in Germany, and had written a copious journal of his tour.
A copious Index of emblems is added, as well as a general Index to the volume with its numerous illustrations.
I visited one day, in Aberdeen, a restaurant where a copious repast was being served for the modest sum of two pence a head.
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