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Spell Bee Word: Copious


What does copious mean?

Word: Copious

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Copious means large in amount; more than enough.

Synonyms: plentiful, abundant, ample

Antonyms: meagre, scarce

How do you spell copious?

Syllables: co - pi - ous

Tricky part: There is only one p, and the ending is ious. Students often drop the o and write copius.

Watch out for: copius, coppious, copeous

Memory tip: A photocopier makes copious copies. Both start cop with a single p, and copious keeps the i from copies.

Copious in a sentence

Example 1: Monsoon brought copious rain to the Western Ghats.

Example 2: Hana took copious notes during the science talk.

Example 3: The guests were served copious amounts of fruit salad.

Fun Fact

Sohra, also called Cherrapunji, in Meghalaya gets copious rain, more than 11,000 millimetres in an average year.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

copious

a) rich
b) scanty
c) generous
d) heavy

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b) scanty. A scanty meal leaves you hungry, while a copious one leaves you full.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) abundent
b) enormous
c) copious
d) plentiful

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a) abundent. Abundant ends in ant, just like abundance ends in ance.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

oucsipo

a) porous
b) curious
c) cautious
d) copious

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d) copious. No r and no t: curious, porous and cautious cannot be made, but copious can.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our neighbour grew copious amounts of vegtables this summer and shared them with the street.

a) copious
b) street
c) vegtables
d) neighbour

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c) vegtables. Vegetable keeps the e after the g: veg-e-ta-ble.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Copious tears means ____.

a) a great many tears
b) a few quiet tears
c) tears of joy
d) tears held back

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a) a great many tears

2. After copious rain, the village pond was ____.

a) covered in weeds
b) cracked and empty
c) almost dry
d) full to the brim

Show answer

d) full to the brim

Associated Words

Words that end in -ious: luxurious, gregarious, hilarious, contagious, ferocious, industrious

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: ample, meagre, scarce

More words from this list

distinctive, frustrated, interpreter, obedient, remarkable, trail, appetite, butcher

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