expansive | ||
1. | [ adjective ] (psychiatry) marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur | |
Related terms: | psychiatry euphoric | |
2. | [ adjective ] able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion | |
Examples: | "Expansive materials" "the expansive force of fire" |
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Related terms: | unexpansive erectile inflatable expandable distensible | |
3. | [ adjective ] impressive in scale | |
Synonyms: | grand | |
Examples: | "an expansive lifestyle" "in the grand manner" |
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Related terms: | impressive | |
4. | [ adjective ] friendly and open and willing to talk | |
Synonyms: | talkative | |
Examples: | "wine made the guest expansive" |
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Related terms: | communicative | |
Similar spelling: |
expansively expensive expansile expanse expansible expensively expansivity expansion expense expanded expansionist expansionism expanding expand expandible expandable |