expansive
Adjective
- able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
- "Expansive materials"
- "the expansive force of fire"
Adjective Satellite
- of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
- "an expansive lifestyle"
- marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
- friendly and open and willing to talk
- "wine made the guest expansive"
Adj
- Comprehensive in scope or extent.
- Talkative and sociable.
- Able to be expanded.
- Exhibiting expansivity.
Examples
- expansive research work
Origin / Etymology
From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) + -ive.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 21
expansive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordexpansive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
expansive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 24
expansive: valid Words With Friends Word