copious

/ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

commodious

VERB + COPIOUS

begin, consume, drank, drinks, losing, packing, produce, subject

COPIOUS + NOUN

acacia, alcohol, amount, amounts, equipment, hair, perspiration, vodka

PREP.

Definitions

adj

Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.

He drank a copious amount of vodka, and passed out.

These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is very copious,

Having an abundant supply.

Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — affording an abundant supply

ample
plenteous
plentiful
rich

adjective — large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)

voluminous

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

He drank a copious amount of vodka, and passed out.

Wiktionary

These loose hints I have thrown together, in order to excite the curiosity of philosophers, and beget a suspicion at least, if not a full persuasion, that this subject is very copious,

Wiktionary

She took copious notes.

Tatoeba · #2415736

Tom drinks copious amounts of alcohol.

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I found the suites capacious, the sofas commodious, the sandwiches copious.

Tatoeba · #4116271

Tom took copious notes.

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