Definition of Expansive

1. Adjective. Able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion. "The expansive force of fire"


2. Adjective. Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope. "Heroic undertakings"
Exact synonyms: Grand, Heroic
Similar to: Impressive
Derivative terms: Expansiveness, Expansivity, Grandness

3. Adjective. Marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur.
Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Similar to: Euphoric

4. Adjective. Friendly and open and willing to talk. "Wine made the guest expansive"
Exact synonyms: Talkative
Similar to: Communicative, Communicatory
Derivative terms: Expansiveness, Expansivity, Talk, Talkativeness

Definition of Expansive

1. a. Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide- extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.

Definition of Expansive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expansive

expansile
expansion
expansion
expansional
expansionary
expansionism
expansionisms
expansionist
expansionistic
expansionists
expansions
expansion arch
expansion bit
expansion bolt
expansion slot
expansive (current term)
expansively
expansiveness
expansiveness
expansivenesses
expansive bit
expansive delusion
expansive soil
expansivities
expansivity
expat
expatiate
expatiated
expatiates
expatiating

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