expansive

Letters that make expansive

s, a, e, n, p, i, v, x are letters that make 'expansive'

Words within expansive

pan, PA, ANS, AN, si, Pa, SI, ex, iv, IV, Pan, pa, Si are words within 'expansive'


4 possible definitions for 'expansive'

Expansive as "able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion"

Under this definition, expansive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

unexpansive has the opposite meaning of expansive

Derivatives of expansive

expand, expansivity, amplify, spread out, inflate, blow up, expansiveness, extend are derivatives of 'expansive'.

Similar to expansive

expandable, expandible, expansible, distensible, erectile, cavernous, inflatable are similar to 'expansive'.

Example of expansive used within this context

"Expansive materials", "the expansive force of fire"


Expansive as "of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope"

Under this definition, expansive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

grand, heroic have the same meaning as 'expansive'

Derivatives of expansive

grandness, expansivity, enormousness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness, expansiveness are derivatives of 'expansive'.

Similar to expansive

impressive is similar to expansive.

Example of expansive used within this context

"an expansive lifestyle", "in the grand manner", "collecting on a grand scale", "heroic undertakings"


Expansive as "marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur"

Under this definition, expansive is an adjective and has the following properties:

expansive as a category

'expansive' can be a category of psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine.

Similar to expansive

euphoric is similar to expansive.


Expansive as "friendly and open and willing to talk"

Under this definition, expansive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

talkative has the same meaning as expansive

Derivatives of expansive

effusiveness, expansiveness, expansivity, garrulity, garrulousness, loquacity, talkativeness, loquaciousness, speak, talk are derivatives of 'expansive'.

Similar to expansive

communicative, communicatory are similar to 'expansive'.

Example of expansive used within this context

"wine made the guest expansive"



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