copious
/ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/
copious adjective: vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
Adjective
copious (comparative more copious, superlative most copious)
- 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,1748, [David Hume], Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- Having an abundant supply.
- Full of thought, information, or matter; exuberant in words, expression, or style.
copious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
copious in Hindi
- copious, large
- प्रचुर pracur
copious in Tamil
- ஏராளமான, செழித்த, மிகுதியான, வளமான, திரளான
copious in Urdu
- بےمقدار, فراواں, کثیر, لاتحاشہ, نہایت, وافر
copious in Bengali
- প্রচুর, পর্যাপ্ত
More languagesFewer languages
- copious in Malayalam
- ധാരാളമുളള, സമൃദ്ധമായ, കൂടുതലായ, നിറഞ്ഞുകവിഞ്ഞ
- copious in Kannada
- ಹೇರಳ, ತುಂಬ, ಸಮೃದ್ಧ, ವಿಪುಲ
- copious in Odia
- ସମୃଦ୍ଧ samruddha
- copious in Sanskrit
- पृथु pṛthú
Examples of copious in a sentence
- Cryptobros have been huffing copious amounts of copium after yesterday's devastating Bitcoin crash.
- Their sandwiches are portuguesified by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste.
- Their sandwiches are lusitanized by frying the meat with copious garlic and covering everything with thick slabs of red pepper paste.
Forms of copious
| comparative | more copious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most copious |
Origin of copious
From Middle English copious, from Latin copiosus, from copia (“abundance”), equivalent to co- + ops (“wealth”) + -osus (“full of”). By surface analysis, copy + -ous.
Words formed from copious
Words that rhyme with copious
Questions about copious
- What does copious mean?
- Copious means vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.
- What is copious in Hindi?
- Copious in Hindi is प्रचुर (pracur). See Copious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is copious?
- Copious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce copious?
- Copious is pronounced /ˈkoʊ.pi.əs/ (US).
Words near copious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: copious (page history and authors); प्रचुर (Hindi) (page history and authors); copious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); copious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Copious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); copious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); copious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ସମୃଦ୍ଧ (Odia) (page history and authors); पृथु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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