Commodious

  • 11commodious — adjective /kəˈməʊdiəs,kəˈmoʊdiəs/ a) Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable. Last years model was much more commodious than the cars built now, for fuel efficiency. b) Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; suitable.… …

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  • 12commodious — [[t]kəmo͟ʊdiəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A commodious room or house is large and has a lot of space. [WRITTEN] …

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  • 13commodious — adjective formal a house or room that is commodious is very big commodiously adverb …

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  • 14commodious — adjective, formal a commodious armchair Syn: roomy, capacious, spacious, ample, generous, sizable, large, big, extensive Ant: cramped …

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  • 15commodious — com•mo•di•ous [[t]kəˈmoʊ di əs[/t]] adj. spacious and convenient; ample; roomy: a commodious apartment[/ex] • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < ML commodiōsus= L commodi(tās) convenience (see commodity) + ōsus ous com•mo′di•ous•ly, adv.… …

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  • 16commodious — /kəˈmoʊdiəs / (say kuh mohdeeuhs) adjective 1. convenient and roomy; spacious: a commodious harbour. 2. convenient or satisfactory for the purpose. {late Middle English, from Medieval Latin commodiōsus. See commode} –commodiously, adverb… …

  • 17commodious — Synonyms and related words: advantageous, ample, amplitudinous, appropriate, banausic, beneficial, broad, capacious, comfortable, comfy, contented, convenient, cozy, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, deep, easeful, easy, employable, expansive,… …

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  • 18commodious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spacious, capacious, ample, roomy. See space. Ant., cramped, tight. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ample, spacious, roomy; see comfortable 2 , enough 1 , large 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 19commodious — com|mo|di|ous [ kə moudiəs ] adjective FORMAL very large, with a lot of space inside …

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  • 20commodious — [15] Latin commodus meant ‘convenient’. It was a compound adjective formed from com ‘with’ and modus ‘measure’, and thus meaning literally ‘conforming with due measure’. From it was derived the medieval Latin adjective commodiōsus, which passed,… …

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