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AM'PLE, adjective [Latin amplus.]1. Large; wide; spacious; extended; as ample room. This word carries with it the sense of room or space fully sufficient for the use intended.2. Great in bulk, or size; as an ample tear.3. Liberal; unrestrained; without parsimony; fully sufficient; as, ample provision for the table; ample justice.4. Liberal; magnificent; as ample promises.5. Diffusive; not brief or contracted; as an ample narrative.

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ample. Ample, a. large extended, wide, copious, liberal

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Am″ple (�), a. [[F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See Full, and cf. Double.]] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. Spenser. 2. 2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
3. 3. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. Johnson.
Syn. — Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent. — Ample, Copious, Abundant, Plenteous. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious supply of materials. “Copious matter of my song.” Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests.