| ADJECTIVE | all | expansive | able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | expansive, grand, heroic | of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | |
| all | expansive | marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur | |
| all | expansive, talkative | friendly and open and willing / willing to talk / talk |
| Sounds | ihkspae'nsihv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | distensible | capable of being distended |
| erectile, cavernous | Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | |
| expandable, expandible, expansible | able to expand or be expanded | |
| inflatable | designed to be filled with air or gas | |
| Opposite | unexpansive | showing no tendency to expand |
| Spanish | expansivo | |
| Nouns | expansiveness | a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand |
| Verbs | expand | exaggerate or make bigger |
| expand | become larger / larger in size or volume or quantity | |
| expand | expand the influence of | |
| expand | make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity | |
| expand | extend in one or more directions | |
| Meaning | Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope. | |
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| Example | "an expansive lifestyle" | |
| Synonyms | grand, heroic | |
| Broader | impressive | making a strong or vivid impression |
| Spanish | expansivo | |
| Catalan | heroic | |
| Nouns | expansiveness, expansivity | a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand |
| Adverbs | expansively | in an impressively expansive manner |
| Meaning | marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Broader | euphoric | exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation |
| Spanish | expansivo | |
| Adverbs | expansively | in an ebullient manner |
| Meaning | friendly and open and willing / willing to talk / talk. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "wine made the guest expansive" | |
| Synonym | talkative | |
| Broader | communicative, communicatory | able or tending to communicate |
| Spanish | abierto, comunicativo, extrovertido, sociable | |
| Catalan | comunicatiu, extrovertit, obert, sociable | |
| Nouns | expansiveness, expansivity | a friendly open trait of a talkative person |
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