commodious

[ kuh-moh-dee-uhs ]
See synonyms for: commodiouscommodiously on Thesaurus.com

adjective
  1. spacious and convenient; roomy: a commodious apartment.

  2. ample or adequate for a particular purpose: a commodious harbor.

Origin of commodious

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin commodiōsus, equivalent to Latin commodi(tās) convenience (see commodity) + -ōsus-ous

Other words from commodious

  • com·mo·di·ous·ly, adverb
  • com·mo·di·ous·ness, noun
  • non·com·mo·di·ous, adjective
  • non·com·mo·di·ous·ly, adverb
  • non·com·mo·di·ous·ness, noun
  • un·com·mo·di·ous, adjective

Words Nearby commodious

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use commodious in a sentence

  • We have never seen a better arranged nor a more commodious place of its kind than this.

British Dictionary definitions for commodious

commodious

/ (kəˈməʊdɪəs) /


adjective
  1. (of buildings, rooms, etc) large and roomy; spacious

  2. archaic suitable; convenient

Origin of commodious

1
C15: from Medieval Latin commodiōsus, from Latin commodus convenient, from com- with + modus measure

Derived forms of commodious

  • commodiously, adverb
  • commodiousness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012