expansive

pronunciation

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Adjective:

able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
impressive in scale
marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
friendly and open and willing to talk

Word Origin

expansive (adj.): 1650s, "tending to expand," from Latin expans-, past participle stem of expandere "to spread out" (see expand) + -ive. Meaning "embracing a large number of particulars, comprehensive" is by 1813. Related: Expansively; expansiveness.

Synonym

adj.

spreading heightening unfurling enlarging inflatable expanding deepening extending dilatable enhancing

adj.

free generous friendly open outgoing talkative communicative unreserved sympathetic loquacious effusive demonstrative unrestrained

adj.

far-reaching comprehensive unbounded boundless unlimited extensive infinite sweeping

adj.

reinforcing sprouting growing strengthening

adj.

great enormous inclusive stupendous volumous liberal

adj.

extended ample spacious roomy broad expanded wide-spread wide

Example

1. There has been no such expansive setting for nuclear technologies .

2. Open shelves reduce visual weight and lend the illusion of a more expansive space .

3. Mcdonald 's created an expansive morning menu and sold high-end coffee at low prices .

4. Inland are fertile lands , expansive peat moors , and in the south , hills .

5. In awarding himself expansive powers , mr. morsi provoked a popular backlash against him and other islamists in the government .

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