This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
expansive
[ ik-span-siv ]
/ ɪkˈspæn sɪv /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
adjective
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.
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.
OTHER WORDS FOR expansive
QUIZ
THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?
Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.
Question 1 of 7
In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
Origin of expansive
First recorded in 1645–55; expans(ion) + -ive
OTHER WORDS FROM expansive
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH expansive
expansive , expensiveWords nearby expansive
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use expansive in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for expansive
expansive
/ (ɪkˈspænsɪv) /
adjective
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
wide; extensive
friendly, open, or talkativean expansive person
grand or extravagantan 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, adverbexpansiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012