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spacious

[spey-shuhs]
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adjective
  1. containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
  2. occupying much space; vast.
  3. of a great extent or area; broad; large; great: the spacious prairies.
  4. broad in scope, range, inclusiveness, etc.: a spacious approach to a problem.
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Origin of spacious

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin spatiōsus, equivalent to spati(um) space + -ōsus -ous
Related formsspa·cious·ly, adverbspa·cious·ness, nounnon·spa·cious, adjectivenon·spa·cious·ly, adverbnon·spa·cious·ness, nouno·ver·spa·cious, adjectiveo·ver·spa·cious·ly, adverbo·ver·spa·cious·ness, nounun·spa·cious, adjectiveun·spa·cious·ly, adverbun·spa·cious·ness, noun

Synonyms

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1. roomy, capacious. 2. extensive, huge, tremendous.

Antonyms

1. small, cramped.
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Related Words

cavernous, comfortable, vast, roomy, ample, big, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, endless, enormous, extended, generous, great, huge, immense, infinite, large, limitless

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  • Spacious and genial was the old homely house, with its impartial square.

    St. Cuthbert's

    Robert E. Knowles

  • Spacious and graceful it looked as it reared its uprights into the air.

  • Spacious valleys, surrounded by high walls of rock, over the very ridge of which passes the railway, are common.

    From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan

    Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

  • Spacious walks paved with huge blocks of opal divided the rows of palaces.

  • Spacious stairways of Italian marble, the tread of which covered with Turkish carpets, leads you to the interior.

    Shadow and Light

    Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for spacious

spacious

adjective
  1. having a large capacity or area
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Derived Formsspaciously, adverbspaciousness, noun

Word Origin

C14: from Latin spātiosus, from spatium space
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Word Origin and History for spacious

adj.

late 14c., from Old French spacios or directly from Latin spatiosus (Medieval Latin spaciosus), from spatium (see space (n.)).

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