Antonyms for capacious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh-pey-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈpeɪ ʃəs |
Definition of capacious
Origin :- 1610s, "able to contain," from Latin capax (genitive capacis) "able to take in," from capere "to take" (see capable) + -ous. Meaning "able to hold much" is from 1630s. Related: Capaciously; capaciousness.
- adj ample, extensive
- If you thirst, we will cheerfully offer you the capacious goblet and the richest wines.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious?
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The capacious lung, the thundering or the tender vocal chords.
- Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
- The symbol of festivity should be capacious, as well as prime in quality.
- Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
- He shook the capacious fluttering folds and handed it to its owner.
- Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
- You have a more energetic, stirring, acquisitive, and capacious soul.
- Extract from : « Letters of Edward FitzGerald » by Edward FitzGerald
- No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious swallow.
- Extract from : « The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. » by Washington Irving
- He fumbled in the capacious folds of his cloak for his papers.
- Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- It had been engulfed and disappeared in the Goodwins' capacious maw.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Goodwin Sands » by Thomas Stanley Treanor
- These passed into her mouth, and thence, of course, into her capacious stomach.
- Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
Synonyms for capacious
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