Capacious
What it means
Able to hold or include a generous amount.
Reach for it when describing substantial physical room or figurative breadth
The capacious cabinet stored the maps flat instead of folding them.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
Fits when comfortable physical space is the simple point
Careful Roomy fits interiors and clothing but not a mind, memory, or category.
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everyday
Fits when figurative scope covers many subjects or possibilities
Careful Wide-ranging cannot describe a large bag, hall, or storage vessel.
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professional
Fits when breadth or range matters more than containment
Careful Expansive can mean growing or emotionally open, creating ambiguity.
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professional
Fits when an area feels open rather than crowded
Careful Spacious emphasizes perceived openness, not how much something can contain.
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formal
Fits when there is more than enough capacity for the need
Careful Ample describes quantity broadly and may not suggest an enclosing space.
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literary
commodious
Fits when generous, convenient room suits deliberately elevated prose
Careful Commodious is rare and affected in ordinary product or venue copy.
Opposites 4
- cramped
- confined
- narrow
- restrictive
Common phrases 4
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capacious interior
The van's capacious interior held every instrument securely.
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capacious memory
Her capacious memory retained names, dates, and tiny procedural changes.
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capacious enough
The archive was capacious enough for another decade of records.
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capacious hall
The capacious hall gave every display room to breathe.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: 0x0077BE, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC0 Updated