Copious definition

kōpē-əs
Large in quantity; abundant.

Copious rainfall.

adjective
9
3
Very plentiful; abundant.
adjective
6
2
The definition of copious is something of which there is a large amount.

An example of copious is the amount of cars that are in Los Angeles.

adjective
2
1
Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply.

A copious harvest.

adjective
2
2
Wordy; profuse or diffuse in language.
adjective
2
2
Advertisement
Having an abundant supply.
adjective
2
2
Full of information.
adjective
0
1
Great in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
adjective
0
1
adjective
0
1
Abounding in matter, thoughts, or words; wordy.
adjective
0
2
Advertisement

Origin of copious

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

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

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

    From Wiktionary

Copious Sentence Examples

  • Jackson wrote copious notes.

  • She held up her pad of copious notes.

  • Martha had continued to take copious notes on each and every case.

  • He was yards behind and took copious notes.

  • It is odd that this irregular poem, with its copious and varied music, its splendid sweep of emotion, its unfailing richness of texture - this poem in which Tennyson rises to heights of human sympathy and intuition which he reached nowhere else, should have been received with bitter hostility, have been styled "the dead level of prose run mad," and have been reproved more absurdly still for its "rampant and rabid bloodthirstiness of soul."

More sentences

Related articles

Words near copious in the Dictionary