What does capacious mean?

capacious means "large in capacity".

How many syllables are in capacious?

capacious has 3 syllables: ca-pa-cious. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /kəˈpeɪʃəs/.

Is capacious a common word?

capacious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Capacious — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
large in capacity
“she carried a capacious bag”
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What does capacious mean?: capacious means "large in capacity".
How many syllables are in capacious?: capacious has 3 syllables: ca-pa-cious. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /kəˈpeɪʃəs/.
Is capacious a common word?: capacious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for capacious come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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