commodious means spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable. It carries an Arena rating of 1429, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, commodious ranks #4,835 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #5,418 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #6,594 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #7,605 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words.
commodious is pronounced /kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/.
Why “commodious” is a great word
Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable. From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman commodious and Old French commodieux, from Medieval Latin commodiosus ("convenient, useful"), irregularly from Latin commodus ("suitable, fit, convenient"), from com- ("with, together") + modus ("measure, manner"). Unlike "spacious," which emphasizes ample space alone, or "incommodious," its cramped and inconvenient opposite, commodious describes a generosity that is not merely spatial but functional. It is the worn leather armchair that accommodates your posture without complaint, the kitchen drawer that slides open to reveal everything arranged within easy reach, or the old house whose proportions seem to expand around your movements rather than constrain them—the quiet luxury of room enough to live, and live well.
Etymology
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.
adj
- Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.e.g.“Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment.”
- Convenient, serviceable, suitable.
- Advantageous, profitable, beneficial.
- Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship.
- Of a person, accommodating, obliging, helpful.e.g.“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: […]” — c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[w
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