SPACIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spaciousness mean? 

• SPACIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun SPACIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPACIOUSNESS (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 ("spaciousness" is a kind of...):

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

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

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:

spacious ((of buildings and rooms) having ample space)

spacious (very large in expanse or scope)

 Context examples 

The dining-parlour was a noble room, suitable in its dimensions to a much larger drawing-room than the one in common use, and fitted up in a style of luxury and expense which was almost lost on the unpractised eye of Catherine, who saw little more than its spaciousness and the number of their attendants.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)