capaciousness

1. 1.

   intellectual breadth

   “the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary”

   “his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess”

   Synonymsroominess

   Broaderbreadth
2. 2.

   spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)

   “the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child”

   “roominess in this size car is always a compromise”

   “his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to”

   Synonymsroominessspaciousnesscommodiousness

   Broaderlargeness

   Narrowerairinessseating capacity

Other forms of capaciousness

plural

capaciousnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about capaciousness

What does capaciousness mean?

capaciousness means "intellectual breadth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in capaciousness?

capaciousness has 5 syllables: ca-pa-ci-ou-sness. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for capaciousness?

Close synonyms include roominess, roominess, spaciousness, commodiousness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capaciousness a common word?

capaciousness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.