Capacious

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈpeɪʃəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Origin

From Latin capāx ("capable").

Full definition of capacious

Adjective

1. Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
• 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VThe Malabar, that huge sea monster, in whose capacious belly so many human creatures lived and suffered, had dwindled to a walnut-shell, and yet beside her bulk how infinitely small had their own frail cockboat appeared as they shot out from under her towering stern!
• 1905, w, w:The Case of Miss Elliott Chapter 1, “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.

Synonyms

• (roomy) ample, commodious, roomy, spacious, voluminous

Related terms

• capable
• capacity