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View synonyms for commodious

commodious

[ kuh-moh-dee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. spacious and convenient; roomy:

    a commodious apartment.

  2. ample or adequate for a particular purpose:

    a commodious harbor.



commodious

/ kəˈməʊdɪəs /

adjective

  1. (of buildings, rooms, etc) large and roomy; spacious
  2. archaic.
    suitable; convenient
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • comˈmodiousness, noun
  • comˈmodiously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • com·modi·ous·ly adverb
  • com·modi·ous·ness noun
  • noncom·modi·ous adjective
  • noncom·modi·ous·ly adverb
  • noncom·modi·ous·ness noun
  • uncom·modi·ous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of commodious1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin commodiōsus, equivalent to Latin commodi ( tās ) convenience ( commodity ) + -ōsus -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of commodious1

C15: from Medieval Latin commodiōsus, from Latin commodus convenient, from com- with + modus measure
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Example Sentences

Although none of these issues are burrowed into, they scroll by in manner that is commodious and vivid.

His family lived in commodious apartments over the store, having an entrance on the side within the porte cochere.

The fixed stipend was small, but the fabric, raised and adorned as funds allowed, was commodious and beautiful.

Adjoining the church there is the priests' house—a rather labrynthal, commodious place with plain, ancient furniture.

Their tents were just as commodious and as good as our own, but they put more men into each than we were in the habit of doing.

We have never seen a better arranged nor a more commodious place of its kind than this.

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