Expansive Definition & Meaning
expansive
- adjective
- able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"
- 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"
- marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
- friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"
Words that rhyme with expansive
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- What does expansive mean?
- able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire" 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" marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"
- What part of speech is expansive?
- Expansive is an adjective.
- How many definitions does expansive have?
- Expansive has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).