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
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How to use expansive in a sentence
Credit reports aren’t new, but these days their footprint is far more expansive.
The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty | Karen Hao | December 4, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewPortland passes expansive city ban on facial recognition techThe one thing the EO does in fact do is compel each agency to produce a list of all the uses to which it is putting AI, however it may be defined.
Hurley and Behnken were flying aboard the Crew Dragon—SpaceX’s 21st century spaceflight system, replete with expansive touch screens and the ability to reach the ISS with no input from its pilots.
Indeed, retailers like Target, Best Buy, and Walmart are banking on their expansive curbside pickup set-up to save on shipping costs, provide online shoppers with additional options, and offer customers more certainty about getting their items.
Cyber Monday sales could hit a record $12.7 billion. Can retailers handle the surge? | Phil Wahba | November 30, 2020 | FortuneTo recap from the short version, Castle and his team faced a series of very high technological hurdles in bringing the dark and expansive world of future Los Angeles to the small screen.
An extended Blade Runner interview with Westwood co-founder Louis Castle | Lee Hutchinson | November 30, 2020 | Ars Technica
Mina marked the change in him—the new expansiveness, the new appeal for sympathy.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony HopeThis has been shown by some pregnant words, spoken by Brahmans on their rare occasions of friendly expansiveness.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyHer mistress had a certain masculine roughness of demeanor which repelled expansiveness.
Germinie Lacerteux | Edmond and Jules de GoncourtTom's smile matched the genial expansiveness of the president's.
The Quickening | Francis LyndeUnfortunately, very few understand this childlike expansiveness when they see it.
The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. I (of 2) | Eliza Lynn Linton
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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