What does capacious mean?
Definitions for capacious
kəˈpeɪ ʃəsca·pa·cious
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Princeton's WordNet
capaciousadjective
large in capacity
"she carried a capacious bag"
Wiktionary
capaciousadjective
Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
The car was capacious enough to fit all his guests.
Etymology: From capax.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CAPACIOUSadjective
Etymology: capax, Lat.
Beneath th’ incessant weeping of those drains,
I see the rocky Siphons stretch’d immense,
The mighty reservoirs of harden’d chalk,
Or stiff compacted clay, capacious found. James Thomson, Autumn.There are some persons of a good genius, and a capacious mind, who write and speak very obscurely. Isaac Watts.
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capacious
Capacious refers to something that is spacious or roomy, having a lot of space and capable of holding a large amount, whether it be physical objects or abstract concepts such as ideas or feelings. It can pertain to both physical spaces, like a capacious room, or to more metaphorical contexts, such as a capacious mind.
Webster Dictionary
Capaciousadjective
having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor
Capaciousadjective
able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal
Etymology: [L. capax, -acis, fr. capere to take. See Heave.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of capacious in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of capacious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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