Synonyms of copious

copious

adjective

ˈkō-pē-əs 

as in lavish

pouring forth in great amounts

a copious rush of words just poured out of the two friends who hadn't seen each other in years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lavish
• abundant
• ample
• plentiful
• excessive
• profuse
• bountiful
• riotous
• liberal
• gushing
• complete
• sufficient
• bounteous
• enough
• plenteous
• galore
• adequate
• extravagant
• fertile
• luxuriant
• fecund
• munificent
• abounding
• unstinting
• free
• immoderate
• redundant
• unsparing
• fat
• openhanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• meager
• sparse
• poor
• scant
• scanty
• spare
• insufficient
• inadequate
• scarce
• incomplete
• lacking
• trickling
• meagre
• minimal
• unsatisfactory
• dribbling
• deficient
• mere
• stingy
• wanting
• niggardly
• bare

Synonym Chooser

How does the adjective copious differ from other similar words?

Some common synonyms of copious are abundant, ample, and plentiful. While all these words mean "more than sufficient without being excessive," copious stresses largeness of supply rather than fullness or richness.

copious examples of bureaucratic waste

How do abundant and plentiful relate to one another, in the sense of copious?

Abundant suggests an even greater or richer supply than does plentiful.

streams abundant with fish

When can ample be used instead of copious?

While in some cases nearly identical to copious, ample implies a generous sufficiency to satisfy a particular requirement.

ample food to last the winter

When is plentiful a more appropriate choice than copious?

The words plentiful and copious are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, plentiful implies a great or rich supply.

peaches are plentiful this summer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of copious

Mining companies extract lithium fluid from the lagoons and concentrate the mineral with evaporation methods — which use copious freshwater drawn from nearby aquifers. —Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025

That core design is useful when the prompt text closely matches the kinds of things already found in a model's copious training data. —ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025

After a year of deliberations, copious site visits and scores of plane rides, the board of the Sundance Institute has chosen Boulder, Colo., to host its film festival beginning January 2027. —Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

There, spectators competed to outdo one another with outrageous costumes and copious amounts of booze. —Andrew McNicol, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025

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