copious

Speech parts

1. copious - Adjective

2. copious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rich ample plentiful plenteous full abundant voluminous exuberant overflowing lotte many large much great multiple
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Antonyms

several few small little short limited
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Related terms

cornucopia

Phrases with the word

copious water copious spare time copious amount more copious

Examples

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. John Cheever

Copious springs are found where there are mines of gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, and the like, but they are very harmful. Vitruvius

I've always felt that copious use of the word 'something' allows anyone to solve any problem, even insoluble ones. João Magueijo

I recall this sergeant's informing me and my "room-mates" of this rather deplorable fact the army didn't have any official, excuse me, didn't have no official song and suggested that we work on this in our copious free time. Tom Lehrer

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand! Daniel Boone

His pen squeaking like a demented wren as he wrote copious notes. Gerald Durrell

Close letter words and terms

copiotroph copiotrophic copiotrophy copious amount copious spare time copious water