roomy
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2.1
- adjective
- /ˈrumi/
- The spacious living room was perfect for entertaining guests; it felt very roomy with all the furniture arranged.
- a roomy interior
- a roomy seat
- a roomy car
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Watch on YouTubeIt's nice and roomy, but also not too big.
- It's nice and roomy, but also not too big.
- This is not a very roomy rear seat, but it is a rear seat nonetheless.
- So guess what, I love sitting on my couch, in my roomy pants and my thick socks, scouring the Internet for treasures.
- I couldn't make the movie unless that house was the exact right kind of roomy log cabin had to be on a lake and it had to be in a place that felt like Maine.
- Sorry, the lighting's probably terrible, but this is, like, the most roomy airplane team I've ever had.
- Again, we're talking about a very, very stretchy for giving roomy sort of material.
- She says it's roomy on the phone, and I say, tell her that I'm dead.
- There's some roomy kicks or some tight kicks that's a very roomy.
- One was more roomy and I agreed to that against my better judgement, because I didn't want to have a drum sound like that on the record.
Examples
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My next stable was quite roomy; a swinging window opened into the yard opposite an apple orchard.
Fiction book (1996) -
Because the box is roomy, I also carry other items that I think would be useful.
Academic text (1997) -
It's nice and roomy, but also not too big.
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You know this house is roomy and cool.
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But the roomy kitchen could feed one hundred people in a day.
Fiction book (2002) -
When l bought this car, l fell in love with the roomy trunk space.
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"The house seemed roomier inside than I would have expected.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's ultra high tech and it's tremendously luxurious and comfortable and roomy inside.
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The weather wasn't cool enough for jackets yet, but I'd needed something with roomy pockets.
Fiction book (1998) -
The airlock was roomier than most, big enough to take two spacesuited people at a time.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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2.5
A large open room or area with plenty of space
3
7.0
With a lot of space inside and able to hold many things
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2.3
A place with a lot of fresh air and space
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3.4
Clothes and rooms that are not heavy or tight and feel fresh and open
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7.4
Having a lot of space and being comfortable
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7.6
Open with a lot of space to move, like a park or field
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9.9
Used in the past to mean large and comfortable
Antonyms
How Spacious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word roomy comes from the simple word room, which means 'space' or 'place', plus the ending -y that means 'full of'. That's why roomy literally means 'full of space' and is used for places that have plenty of room.