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Meaning of SPACIOUS

Pronunciation:  'speyshus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (of buildings and rooms) having ample space; "a roomy but sparcely furnished apartment"; "a spacious ballroom"
  2. [adj]  very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
 
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 Synonyms: big, broad, commodious, convenient, large, roomy, wide
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spa"cious\, a. [L. spatiousus: cf. F. spacieux. See
{Space}, n.]
1. Extending far and wide; vast in extent. ``A spacious plain
   outstretched in circuit wide.'' --Milton.
2. Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room;
   not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious
   bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall. --
   {Spa"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Spa"cious*ness}, n.
 

 

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