Antonyms for copiousness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : koh-pee-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ pi əs


Definition of copiousness

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Latin copiosus "plentiful," from copia "an abundance, ample supply, profusion, plenty," from com- "with" (see com-) + ops (genitive opis) "power, wealth, resources," from PIE root *op- "to work, produce in abundance" (see opus). Related: Copiously.
  • noun abundance
Example sentences :
  • They sing with more confidence and copiousness, and as if they, too, had been touched by civilization.
  • Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs
  • For copiousness, sustained wit, and verbal brilliancy the man had few equals.
  • Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
  • From all this we may form some idea of the richness and copiousness of Joseph's history.
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Genesis » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • And the drinking was, of course, of a copiousness he had little dreamed of.
  • Extract from : « Villa Elsa » by Stuart Henry
  • He had a light to all its copiousness, and the other party should have allowed him full enjoyment.
  • Extract from : « Irish Wit and Humor » by Anonymous
  • He added to its richness, copiousness, and strength; he gave it music.
  • Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume III » by John Lord
  • In popular poems, common ideas are unfolded with copiousness, and set off in polished verse—and this is called poetry.
  • Extract from : « Selections from the Prose Writings of John Henry Cardinal Newman » by John Henry Newman
  • There is a suggestion of the robin's love-song in his, but its copiousness, variety, and rapidity give it a character all its own.
  • Extract from : « Bird Neighbors » by Neltje Blanchan
  • You would scarcely judge the sincerity of a mourner's sorrow by the copiousness of flow from his lachrymal glands?
  • Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
  • The method of looking at any subject-matter in a diversity of lights naturally leads to copiousness of quotation.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson

Synonyms for copiousness

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