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COMMODIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does commodiousness mean? 

COMMODIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun COMMODIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)play

  Familiarity information: COMMODIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMODIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

capaciousness; commodiousness; roominess; spaciousness

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("commodiousness" is a kind of...):

bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commodiousness"):

airiness (the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air)

seating capacity (the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc.)

Derivation:

commodious (large and roomy ('convenient' is archaic in this sense))


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