English dictionary
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English adjective: expansive | |||
| 1. | expansive able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion | ||
| Samples | Expansive materials. The expansive force of fire. | ||
| Similar | cavernous, distensible, erectile, expandable, expandible, expansible, inflatable | ||
| Antonyms | unexpansive | ||
| 2. | expansive of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | ||
| Samples | An expansive lifestyle. In the grand manner. Collecting on a grand scale. Heroic undertakings. | ||
| Synonyms | grand, heroic | ||
| Similar | impressive | ||
| Antonyms | unimpressive | ||
| 3. | expansive marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur | ||
| Similar | euphoric | ||
| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
| Antonyms | dysphoric, distressed, unhappy | ||
| 4. | expansive friendly and open and willing to talk | ||
| Samples | Wine made the guest expansive. | ||
| Synonyms | talkative | ||
| Similar | communicative, communicatory | ||
| Antonyms | incommunicative, uncommunicative | ||
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