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See more synonyms for expansive on Thesaurus.com 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. tending to expand or capable of expanding . causing expansion : the expansive force of heat. working by expansion , as an engine. Psychiatry marked by an abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur. Show More
Related forms ex·pan·sive·ly , adverb ex·pan·sive·ness , noun non·ex·pan·sive , adjective non·ex·pan·sive·ly , adverb non·ex·pan·sive·ness , noun o·ver·ex·pan·sive , adjective o·ver·ex·pan·sive·ly , adverb o·ver·ex·pan·sive·ness , noun un·ex·pan·sive , adjective un·ex·pan·sive·ly , adverb un·ex·pan·sive·ness , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for expansive extensive ,
inclusive ,
far-reaching ,
wide-ranging ,
lavish ,
generous ,
ample ,
big ,
elastic ,
great ,
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thorough ,
voluminous ,
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expansile ,
all-embracing ,
dilatant ,
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unsuppressed Examples from the Web for expansive Contemporary Examples of expansive Like the Scarlett Johansson-voiced operating system in Her, she just became too expansive for you.
During our interview, he was intense, fast, generous with his time, and thoughtful and expansive with his answers.
Wittes said that he took an expansive view of what would constitute associated forces for the 2001 AUMF.
He looks nothing like the brawling, expansive prince of before.
At that demarcation between inside and out, the vista is most expansive .
Historical Examples of expansive Imagination has a contracting, as well as an expansive faculty.
The woodlands depressed him, but the prairie made him expansive .
He smoked vigorously for some moments—then made an expansive gesture.
Lisbeth came to the door, her expansive figure blocking the way in.
They also have an expansive temperament, are generous and luxurious in all their tastes.
British Dictionary definitions for expansive 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 Show More
Derived Forms expansively , adverb expansiveness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for expansive adj. 1650s, "tending to expand," from Latin expans- , past participle stem of expandere (see expand ) + -ive . Related: Expansively ; expansiveness .
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