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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First, the rock legend listed his expansive Henderson, Nevada, property—along with an adjacent lot—just a few months after buying it, initially asking $13.5 million.
From MarketWatch
Duane sometimes had difficulty understanding the musk ox, who once explained that his formal education gave him an expansive vocabulary.
From Literature
They have only conceded three goals in their past 15 matches and lost once in 19, all while playing the most expansive football in the top flight.
From BBC
This case, which was fast-tracked through the court system as an emergency, slams the door on one such expansive use of presidential authority.
From BBC
The administration does have other laws it can rely on, but those laws have procedural constraints and may not allow tariffs as expansive as the ones the court struck down.
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