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commodious

  • /kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/ UK
  • /kəˈmoʊdi.əs/ US

Rhymes with -əʊdiəs

Where it comes from

From Middle English commodious (“convenient, advantageous”), from Anglo-Norman commodious, Old French commodieux, directly from Medieval Latin commodiosus (“convenient, useful”), irregularly from Latin commodus (“suitable, fit, convenient”), from com- + modus (“measure, manner”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). Analyzable as commode (“to provide with an appropriate or necessary thing; to suit”) + -ious.

adjective more commodious · most commodious

  1. Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable. Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment.

    Similar: spacious, capacious, ample, commonious

  2. archaic Convenient, serviceable, suitable. If they thinke that we ought to proue the ceremonies commodious which we haue reteined, they doe in this point very greatly deceiue themſelues.

    Similar: becoming, fit, proper, handy, useful

  3. archaic Advantageous, profitable, beneficial. I will now ſhew vnto you, an Example of a Shield, illuſtrated with manifold variety of Celeſtiall bodies, &c. Which will be very neceſſary and commodious to be inſerted in this place.
  4. archaic Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship. The Paſſions that encline man to Peace, are Feare of Death; Deſire of such things as are neceſſary to commodious living; and a Hope by their Induſtry to obtain them.
  5. obsolete Of a person, accommodating, obliging, helpful. Patroclus will giue me any thing for the intelligence of / this whore: the Parrot will not doe more for an Almond, / then he for a commodious drab: […]

Opposite: incommodious

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adjective

Opposite: incommodious

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adj spacious and convenient

中文寬敞 /宽敞 kuānchang, 寬綽 /宽绰 kuānchuò
Françaisspacieux, ample, logeable

adj adapted to its use or purpose

Françaiscommode, approprié, convenable

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@misc{commodious_2026,
  title = {commodious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commodious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}