plentiful, ample, abundant, copious mean more than sufficient without being excessive. plentiful implies a great or rich supply.

Mix several thousand people, copious amounts of liquor and the charged emotions of a heated rivalry and you'll have a few jerks and idiots.

COPIOUS definition: large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful. See examples of copious used in a sentence.

Definition of copious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful. 2. yielding an abundant supply: a copious harvest. 3. exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts.

Jun 8, 2025 · copious (comparative more copious, superlative most copious) Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale. quotations

having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; a copious harvest. exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words. co′pi•ous•ness, co•pi•os•i•ty (kō′pē os′ i tē), n. 1. bountiful. …

A copious amount of something is a large amount of it. He had worked until the early hours of the morning, helped by copious amounts of coffee. He attended his lectures and took copious notes.

copious, adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

The storm produced a copious amount of rain. She sat in the front row and took copious notes during the lecture. He wrote/drank copiously.