Copious Definition

kōpē-əs
adjective
Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply.
A copious harvest.
American Heritage
Very plentiful; abundant.
Webster's New World
Wordy; profuse or diffuse in language.
Webster's New World
Full of information.
Webster's New World

Origin of Copious

  • From Middle English, from Latin copiosus, copia (“abundance”), from Latin co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin cōpiōsus from cōpia abundance op- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to copious using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

copious