expansive
Americanadjective
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having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive.
expansive mountain scenery.
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(of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open.
Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.
- Synonyms:
- gushing, gushy, unreserved, genial, outgoing, extroverted, sociable
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causing expansion.
the expansive force of heat.
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working by expansion, as an engine.
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Psychiatry. marked by an abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur.
adjective
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able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
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wide; extensive
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friendly, open, or talkative
an expansive person
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grand or extravagant
an expansive way of life
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psychiatry lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work
Other Word Forms
- expansively adverb
- expansiveness noun
- nonexpansive adjective
- nonexpansiveness noun
- overexpansive adjective
- overexpansiveness noun
- unexpansive adjective
- unexpansiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of expansive
First recorded in 1645–55; expans(ion) + -ive
Example Sentences
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The back of the distillery unofficially doubles as one of the city’s great galleries, displaying the owners’ expansive folk art collection from floor to ceiling.
Look at Dijon onstage at ‘SNL,’” he says of the R&B singer and producer who led an expansive group of musicians through a vivid TV performance in early December.
From Los Angeles Times
The living area comes complete with a cozy fireplace and an expansive view of the backyard, which features a resort-style pool.
From MarketWatch
He also learns a lesson that anyone in the expansive category of middle age would be wise to heed: Don’t put off your doctors’ appointments.
German liberals wanted an expansive German state and a modern constitution.
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