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commodious

8 synonyms and 1 antonym for commodious, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Pleasantly large and comfortable to live or move around in.

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1. adj

Pleasantly large and comfortable to live or move around in.

“Meanwhile the T'ai-Yuan-Fu Boys' Boarding School had been transferred to new, more commodious and well-equipped buildings on the Hsing-Hua-Ling site.”

Opposites

incommodious

2. adj

Convenient and well suited to its purpose.

Etymology

From Middle English commodious (“convenient, advantageous”), from Anglo-Norman commodious and Old French commodieux, taken directly from Medieval Latin commodiosus (“convenient, useful”), irregularly from Latin commodus (“suitable, fit, convenient”), formed from com- and modus (“measure, manner”), ultimately from Proto...

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