capacious

/kə'peiʃəs/

Thân thiện

She packed all her books into a capacious canvas tote.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a lot of space inside; roomy: Describes something that can hold or contain a large amount.
   • Able to contain much; spacious: Characterized by ample capacity or extent.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • She preferred a capacious tote bag for her daily commute.
  • The van's capacious interior easily accommodated all the camping gear.
  • He had a capacious memory for historical dates and facts.

Advanced Usage

• "Capacious of": (Formal/Literary) Having the capacity or ability to contain or hold something abstract.
  • Her mind was capacious of knowledge and new ideas.
• "Capacious enough to": Sufficiently roomy for a specific purpose.
  • The trunk was capacious enough to hold three large suitcases.

Variants and Related Words

• Capaciously (adverb): In a spacious or roomy manner.
  • The supplies were stored capaciously within the hold.
• Capaciousness (noun): The quality of being capacious.
  • The capaciousness of the warehouse was its main advantage.

Synonyms

• Spacious: Having ample space.
• Roomy: Affording plenty of room.
• Commodious: Conveniently spacious; roomy.
• Voluminous: Having great volume, size, or extent.

Antonyms

• Cramped: Confined or restricted in space.
• Confining: Limiting space.
• Small: Limited in size.
• Tiny: Very small.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. large in capacity
   • she carried a capacious bag