CAPACIOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)

Example:

his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to

Synonyms:

capaciousness; commodiousness; roominess; spaciousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("capaciousness" is a kind of...):

bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capaciousness"):

airiness (the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air)

seating capacity (the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc.)

Derivation:

capacious (large in capacity)

Meaning:

Intellectual breadth

Example:

his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess

Synonyms:

capaciousness; roominess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("capaciousness" is a kind of...):

breadth; comprehensiveness; largeness (the capacity to understand a broad range of topics)