adj
commodious
Commodious (adj) means Pleasantly large and comfortable to live or move around in.
adj
1
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."
— Henry Raymond Williamson, British Baptists in China (1957)
"Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment."
2
Convenient and well suited to its purpose.
3
Useful and likely to bring some benefit.
"Those who did not accept them became outcasts, or at least ran the risk of suffering such disagreeable consequences as to make acceptance of the ruling of public opinion the most commodious course to an ordinary mind."
— Henry de Man, Why Men Fought (1919)
4
(of a way of life) Comfortable and free of hardship.
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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-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). It can also be analysed as commode (“to provide with an appropriate or necessary thing; to suit”) and -ious.
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incommodious
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What is the meaning of commodious?
"commodious" (adj) means pleasantly large and comfortable to live or move around in.
What is another word for commodious?
Other words for "commodious" include convenient, capacious, spacious, ample, handy, fit.
What is the opposite of commodious?
The opposite of "commodious" is incommodious.
What are the different meanings of commodious?
"commodious" has 3 main meanings: 1. Pleasantly large and comfortable to live or move around in; 2. Convenient and well suited to its purpose; 3. Useful and likely to bring some benefit.
