Antonyms for spacious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : spey-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspeɪ ʃəs


Definition of spacious

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French spacios or directly from Latin spatiosus (Medieval Latin spaciosus), from spatium (see space (n.)).
  • adj extensive, expansive
Example sentences :
  • Spacious and genial was the old homely house, with its impartial square.
  • Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
  • Spacious and graceful it looked as it reared its uprights into the air.
  • Extract from : « Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town » by Stephen Leacock
  • Spacious valleys, surrounded by high walls of rock, over the very ridge of which passes the railway, are common.
  • Extract from : « From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan » by Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
  • Spacious walks paved with huge blocks of opal divided the rows of palaces.
  • Extract from : « Punch Among the Planets » by Various
  • Spacious stairways of Italian marble, the tread of which covered with Turkish carpets, leads you to the interior.
  • Extract from : « Shadow and Light » by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
  • Spacious court-yards lay before the astonished lookers-on, filled with all varieties of tropical fruits and vegetation.
  • Extract from : « Seventy Years on the Frontier » by Alexander Majors
  • You were conducted, and indeed led, up the west staircase—the Spacious west staircase, Sir!
  • Extract from : « The Dead Secret » by Wilkie Collins
  • Spacious mirrors in gilt frames formed panels in the lower part of the walls, the remainder being toned in sage-green.
  • Extract from : « The Hand of Ethelberta » by Thomas Hardy
  • Spacious pastures led up by slow degrees to ordered clusters of wood, which hinted at the presence of some great manor house.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
  • Spacious, comfortably furnished, each opening on a view of the ocean, the rooms of the hotel are very attractive and pleasing.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 5, May, 1884 » by Various

Synonyms for spacious

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