copious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkoʊpiəs/ UK /ˈkəʊpiəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
abundant in quantity or supply; plentiful

She took copious notes throughout the lecture.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · abundant in quantity or... abundant plentiful ample profuse bountiful lavish generous

Opposites

scant scanty meager sparse scarce

Word family

Forms copiously

Derived forms copiouslycopiousness

Related forms copy cornucopia

Simplified etymology

Copious comes from Latin copia, “plenty” or “abundance.” It entered English in the later medieval period and retained this basic sense in meanings such as “abundant” or “plentiful.”

Etymology

From Latin 'copiosus' ('plentiful'), from 'copia' ('abundance, plenty'), from 'co-' (intensive) plus 'ops' ('wealth, resources').

copiosus Latin copia Latin ops Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# copious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈkoʊpiəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkəʊpiəs/

## Meanings
1. abundant in quantity or supply; plentiful

## Examples
- She took copious notes throughout the lecture.

## Synonyms
- abundant
- plentiful
- ample
- profuse
- bountiful
- lavish
- generous

## Antonyms
- scant
- scanty
- meager
- sparse
- scarce

## Derived Forms
- copiously
- copiousness

## Related Forms
- copy
- cornucopia

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: copiosus
- Root: copia
- Root: ops

## Etymology
From Latin 'copiosus' ('plentiful'), from 'copia' ('abundance, plenty'), from 'co-' (intensive) plus 'ops' ('wealth, resources').

## AI Etymology
Copious is from Latin 'copiosus' ('plentiful'), from 'copia' ('abundance, plenty'), from 'co-' (intensive) plus 'ops' ('wealth, resources'). Important recorded forms include copiosus (Latin), copia (Latin), and ops (Latin). The current sense covers abundant in quantity or supply; plentiful. The wider family includes derived forms such as copiously and copiousness and related words such as copy and cornucopia.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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