Meanings
comparative more spacious · superlative most spacious · alternative obsolete spatious
- Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious.
The apartment has a spacious bedroom.
2 more examples
But the design of the '730s' wasn't just about the seating formation. The Metro-style walkthrough interior was chosen because it is much more spacious than the '323s', where the interconnecting doors between carriages, narrow central aisle, and cramped areas by the passenger doors had been deemed particularly constraining.
2025 April 16, Pip Dunn, “The future is orange....”, in RAIL, number 1033, page 53Its unusually spacious Berkeley location, with its high ceilings and variety of seating options, feels totally dedicated to the enjoyment of tea.
2026 August 15, Irene Adeline Milanez, “We tasted boba from some of the Bay Area’s most popular chains. Here’s our No. 1”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2026 - Large in expanse.
The cabin offers a lovely spacious view of the mountain meadows.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of buildings and rooms) having ample space
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinspatiōsus
- Old Frenchspacios
- Middle Englishspacious
- Englishspacious
From Middle English spacious, from Old French spacios, from Latin spatiōsus. By surface analysis, space + -ious.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic وَاسِع, رَحْب
- وَاسِع (wāsiʕ)having much space; roomy
- رَحْب (raḥb)having much space; roomy
- فَسِيح (fasīḥ)having much space; roomy
Bulgarian обширен, просторен
- обширен (obširen)having much space; roomy
- просторен (prostoren)having much space; roomy
- широк (širok)large in expanse
- обширен (obširen)large in expanse
Catalan espaiós
- espaióshaving much space; roomy
Chinese Mandarin 寬敞 /宽敞, 敞
- 寬敞 /宽敞 (kuānchang)having much space; roomy
- 敞 (chǎng)having much space; roomy
- 廣闊 /广阔 (guǎngkuò)large in expanse
- 寬廣 /宽广 (kuānguǎng)large in expanse
Czech prostorný
- prostornýhaving much space; roomy
Dutch ruimtelijk
- ruimtelijkhaving much space; roomy
Esperanto vasta
- vastalarge in expanse
Finnish tilava, avara
- tilavahaving much space; roomy
- avaralarge in expanse
French spacieux, ample
- spacieuxhaving much space; roomy
- amplehaving much space; roomy
- grandhaving much space; roomy
- logeablehaving much space; roomy
German geräumig, weiträumig
- geräumighaving much space; roomy
- weiträumiglarge in expanse
Greek ευρύχωρος, άνετος
- ευρύχωρος (evrýchoros)having much space; roomy
- άνετος (ánetos)having much space; roomy
- ευρύς (evrýs)large in expanse
- εκτεταμένος (ektetaménos)large in expanse
Hungarian tágas
- tágashaving much space; roomy
Irish áirgiúil, spásmhar
- áirgiúilhaving much space; roomy
- spásmharhaving much space; roomy
- fairsinglarge in expanse
- scóipiúillarge in expanse
Italian spazioso
- spaziosohaving much space; roomy
Japanese 広い, 広々
- 広い (hiroi)having much space; roomy
- 広々 (hirobiro)having much space; roomy
Latin capax, laxus
- capaxhaving much space; roomy
- laxushaving much space; roomy
- spatiōsushaving much space; roomy
Norwegian rommelig, romslig
- rommelighaving much space; roomy
- romslighaving much space; roomy
Persian جادار
- جادار (jâdâr)having much space; roomy
Polish przestronny, obszerny
- przestronnyhaving much space; roomy
- obszernylarge in expanse
Portuguese espaçoso
- espaçosohaving much space; roomy
Romanian spațios
- spațioshaving much space; roomy
Russian просто́рный, обши́рный
- просто́рный (prostórnyj)having much space; roomy
- обши́рный (obšírnyj)large in expanse
Spanish espacioso, desahogado
- espaciosohaving much space; roomy
- desahogadohaving much space; roomy
- ampliohaving much space; roomy
Swedish rymlig, spatiös
- rymlighaving much space; roomy
- spatiöshaving much space; roomy
Tagalog maliwalas, maluwag
- maliwalashaving much space; roomy
- maluwaghaving much space; roomy
- malawakhaving much space; roomy
Turkish geniş, engin
- genişhaving much space; roomy
- enginhaving much space; roomy
- ferahhaving much space; roomy
- açıkhaving much space; roomy
- havadarhaving much space; roomy
- bol bolhaving much space; roomy
Ukrainian просто́рий
- просто́рий (prostóryj)having much space; roomy
Vietnamese rộng
- rộnghaving much space; roomy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with spacious
Cite this entry
spacious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacious
“spacious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spacious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacious.
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