expansive
having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery.
(of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.
Origin of expansive
1Other words for expansive
Other words from expansive
- ex·pan·sive·ly, adverb
- ex·pan·sive·ness, noun
- non·ex·pan·sive, adjective
- non·ex·pan·sive·ness, noun
- o·ver·ex·pan·sive, adjective
- o·ver·ex·pan·sive·ness, noun
- un·ex·pan·sive, adjective
- un·ex·pan·sive·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with expansive
- expansive , expensive
Words Nearby expansive
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How to use expansive in a sentence
Particles were out, and fields — expansive, undulating entities that fill space like an ocean — were in.
How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics | Charlie Wood | September 17, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIt is the perfect geographical recipe for creating expansive wetlands—and therefore the perfect habitat for star-nosed moles.
How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes) | Kenneth Catania | September 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThey chose these states because of their expansive and high-quality highway systems, good weather, and large trucking industry.
Waymo Just Started Testing Its Driverless Trucks in Texas | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | August 27, 2020 | Singularity HubAfter all, under an expansive view of “most valuable,” there can be more candidates from which to choose.
Fuel oil began to leak into the expansive turquoise blue lagoon outside the coastal village of Mahébourg.
Mauritius is reeling from a devastating oil spill and fears of an ecological disaster | Adam Moolna | August 12, 2020 | Quartz
Like the Scarlett Johansson-voiced operating system in Her, she just became too expansive for you.
Hedwig calls on me to have a much more expansive energy—not so interior.
Michael C. Hall on Going Drag for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ and Exorcising ‘Dexter’ | Marlow Stern | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt such low numbers, we could afford to feel expansive toward foreigners.
This One Picture of Telly Savalas Refutes All Fears That Progress Has Ended | Nick Gillespie | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDuring our interview, he was intense, fast, generous with his time, and thoughtful and expansive with his answers.
The secrecy surrounding LRS-B is more expansive than any aircraft program of its size since the 1980s.
Is the Pentagon’s $55 Billion Stealth Bomber Too Big a Secret? | Bill Sweetman | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe drawing shows the simplicity of parts of this highly expansive steam-engine, beginning the up-stroke with steam of 100 lbs.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickThe Herland 33-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam puffer-engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 150 lbs.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickThe Wheal Prosper 16-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam vacuum engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 100 lbs.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickThe principle of expansive working and momentum of moving parts was of necessity modified in its application to pump-work.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickThe valve open while the plunger-pole ascended 20 inches, then went the remainder of the 10-feet stroke expansive.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for expansive
/ (ɪkˈspænsɪv) /
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
wide; extensive
friendly, open, or talkative: an expansive person
grand or extravagant: an expansive way of life
psychiatry lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work
Derived forms of expansive
- expansively, adverb
- expansiveness, noun
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