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 | ||