as in ample
more than adequate or average in capacity
almost all of the guests were able to fit into the spacious living room
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Recent Examples of spacious
Audi's midsize luxury car has a spacious interior and engaging dynamics.
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Elevate your Saturday afternoon outfit by pairing kitten-heel booties with a luxe (and spacious) handbag.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2026
The home is wonderfully spacious for families who want room to spread out, and boasts a traditional Scandinavian interior full of warm wood tones and muted upholstery.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2026
Across the aisle, the Kimbo 8 further shines in offering a long, spacious kitchen area with an available rectangular sink, available one-touch faucet and bamboo worktop.
—New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2026
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Elevate your Saturday afternoon outfit by pairing kitten-heel booties with a luxe (and spacious) handbag.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2026
The home is wonderfully spacious for families who want room to spread out, and boasts a traditional Scandinavian interior full of warm wood tones and muted upholstery.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2026
Across the aisle, the Kimbo 8 further shines in offering a long, spacious kitchen area with an available rectangular sink, available one-touch faucet and bamboo worktop.
—New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spacious
Adjective
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For anglers, expect ample chances to hook trout.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Grass flowers are super‑mothers, giving their embryos ample provisions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Midsize SUVs typically have family-friendly layouts that prioritize roomy seating and enough trunk space for the whole family.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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The cabin can seat up to 19 passengers, but is often configured with eight to 12 seats for a roomier feel.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The school year in West Ada will come to a close in a couple of months, but Idaho’s largest school district is gearing up for a big change.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Mar. 2026
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It was hung roughly a year after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, to express solidarity with the twelve hundred people who were murdered—in the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust—and with the two hundred and fifty-one people Hamas had abducted.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Shah’s Western orientation extended to culture, and a wide range of artistically important international films could be seen in Tehran, in time including those of the French New Wave.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Children ages 5 to 14 can participate in a wide variety of free recreational, educational and social activities, including sports, games, and arts and crafts, according to a news release.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Or, better yet, help create larger, more commodious ones.—
Nicholas Wright,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
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The larger of the two units measures a whopping 12,200 square feet with five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and more than 5,200 square feet of outdoor space; the smaller clocks in at a still-commodious 10,700 square feet with four bedrooms and five bathrooms.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, her longtime producer, John Parrish, weaves a wicker basket of folk rock that, despite its apparent simplicity, feels—maybe for the first time—capacious enough to hold all of Harding’s contradictions.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 Mar. 2026
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Being a smaller, less powerful, and less capacious device, the iPad simply pales in comparison to the MacBook Neo on both memory and storage.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Video from Chopper 2 shows the huge animal lying in the sand at the Queens beach Thursday.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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But, if the goal was to draw attention, the Weather Underground’s bombing campaign was a huge success.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Our expert take The Chase Freedom Unlimited® is a no-annual-fee card that earns generous cash-back on everyday purchases and a lucrative welcome bonus.—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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Beyond that, generous child-care support should be provided to low-income families to pay providers of their choice.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Spacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spacious. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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