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expansive
Overview of adj expansive
The adj expansive has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. expansive -- (able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire")
2. expansive, grand, heroic -- (of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings")
3. expansive -- (marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur)
4. expansive, talkative -- (friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive")
Grep of noun expansive
expansive bit
expansiveness
Antonyms of adj expansive
4 senses of expansive
Sense 1
expansive (vs. unexpansive)
unexpansive (vs. expansive)
Sense 2
expansive, grand, heroic
INDIRECT (VIA impressive) -> unimpressive
Sense 3
expansive
INDIRECT (VIA euphoric) -> dysphoric, distressed, unhappy
Sense 4
expansive, talkative
INDIRECT (VIA communicative) -> uncommunicative, incommunicative
Similarity of adj expansive
4 senses of expansive
Sense 1
expansive (vs. unexpansive)
=> distensible
=> erectile, cavernous
=> expandable, expandible, expansible
=> inflatable
Sense 2
expansive, grand, heroic
=> impressive (vs. unimpressive)
Sense 3
expansive
=> euphoric (vs. dysphoric)
Sense 4
expansive, talkative
=> communicative (vs. uncommunicative), communicatory
Pertainyms of adj expansive
Attributes of adj expansive
Domain of adj expansive
1 of 4 senses of expansive
Sense 3
expansive
TOPIC>(noun) psychiatry#1, psychopathology#2, psychological medicine#1
Domain Terms of adj expansive
Familiarity of adj expansive
expansive used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj expansive
expansive
unexpansive
Grep of adv expansive
expansively
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