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expansive
[ ik-span-siv ]
adjective
- having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive:
expansive mountain scenery.
- (of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open:
Our expansive host welcomed us warmly.
Synonyms: gushing, gushy, unreserved, genial, outgoing, extroverted, sociable
- causing expansion:
the expansive force of heat.
- working by expansion, as an engine.
- Psychiatry. marked by an abnormal euphoric state and by delusions of grandeur.
expansive
/ ɪkˈspænsɪv /
adjective
- able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion
- wide; extensive
- friendly, open, or talkative
an expansive person
- grand or extravagant
an expansive way of life
- psychiatry lacking restraint in the expression of feelings, esp in having delusions of grandeur or being inclined to overvalue oneself or one's work
Derived Forms
- exˈpansively, adverb
- exˈpansiveness, noun
Other Words From
- ex·pan·sive·ly adverb
- ex·pan·sive·ness noun
- non·ex·pan·sive adjective
- non·ex·pan·sive·ness noun
- o·ver·ex·pan·sive adjective
- o·ver·ex·pan·sive·ness noun
- un·ex·pan·sive adjective
- un·ex·pan·sive·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of expansive1
Example Sentences
The Commons today was at its expansive, thoughtful, passionate best.
Los Angeles may be expansive, but it remains just as supportive as any small town — local businesses working in alliance.
But she articulated a more expansive view for the need for a change, saying that since her 2022 election she had “put herself on every decision-making table” to “understand and then to to take action.”
The concept of a sociopolitical “culture war” has become so expansive that it feels, at times, reductive.
"It depends on the track layout," Verstappen says, echoing the views of other drivers that expansive asphalt run-off areas lead to this sort of racing because there is no penalty for going off track.
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