Expansive

Definitions: Expansive

Expansive

Adjective

1. Able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire".

2. Impressive in scale; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner".

3. (psychiatry) marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur.

4. Friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "expansive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Expansive \Ex*pan"sive\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression expansif.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Expansive

Expansion

Adjective: expanded; Verb: larger; (large; swollen; expansive; wide open, wide spread; flabelliform; overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical; pot bellied, swag bellied; edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended; patulous; bulbous; (convex); full blown, full grown, full formed; big; abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate; tumefacient, tumefying.

Space

Adjective: spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample; widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed; boundless; (infinite); shoreless, trackless, pathless; extended.

Crosswords: Expansive

French (dilatation, dimensioning, extension, extent).

Books

• Expansive Clay Soils and Vegetative Influence on Shallow Foundations: Proceedings of Geo-Institute Shallow Foundation and Soil Properties Committee s (reference)

• Expansive Marriage: A Way to Self-Realization (reference)

• Expansive Soils: Problems and Practice in Foundation and Pavement Engineering (reference)

• Geomembranes and the Control of Expansive Soils (reference)

• New Expansive Poetry (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About 60's Mind Expansive Punkadelic Garage Rock Ins (reference)

• Expansive Heart (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Nobody knows what Soviet Russia and its Communist international organization intends to do in the immediate future, or what are the limits, if any, to their expansive and proselytizing tendencies. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

The privilege against self-incrimination, which has had a long and expansive historical development, is the essential mainstay of our adversary system, and guarantees to the individual the "right to remain silent unless he chooses to speak in the unfettered exercise of his own will," during a period of custodial interrogation as well as in the courts or during the course of other official investigations. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

A shift of government budget policy in an expansive direction has reinforced this trend. (references)

France is currently outfitted with an expansive copper line fixed network that can be easily converted to high-speed access lines for communications, without the need for additional hardware. (references)

Given the large gap in patients receiving HIT treatments in Japan vs. The United States, the variety of HIT products, including equipment and nursing services, has become much more expansive in the U.S. than Japan. (references)

Economic History

Luxembourg

The free movement of capital within Europe; expansive development of services in private banking; banking secrecy laws; and a high degree of professionalism further this reputation. (references)

Germany

Using more expansive definitions, statistics from the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany (Amcham) put the cumulative volume of U.S. direct investment as of April 1999 at DM 190 billion ($104 billion). (references)

Botswana

The Ministry of Commerce has taken an expansive interpretation of "chainstores" to mean any store with more than one outlet and has allowed the exemption to apply not only to supermarkets, but also to simple specialty operations and general trading stores. (references)

Political Economy

MALAYSIA

Fiscal Policy: The government is pursuing an expansive fiscal policy in order to stimulate economic growth. (references)

VENEZUELA

The Government of Venezuela will finish 2001 with a fiscal deficit close to four percent of GDP due to falling oil revenues and an expansive spending program designed to revitalize the economy. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Influenced by the government's expansive fiscal policy, increasing consumer demand and the possibility of new demands for wages increase in the fall, the CNB slightly increased interest rates in 2001. The CNB is likely to meet its net inflation target of two to four percent at the end of 2001. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "expansive": expansive bit ♦ expansive classification ♦ expansive man ♦ expansive policy ♦ expansive rivet. Additional references.

Beginning with "expansive": expansive-toned.

Ending with "expansive": over-expansive.

Albanian

zgjerues (extender), i zgjerueshëm (distensible, expansible), i shtrirë (extensive, outspread, outstretched, prone, prostrate, recumbent, spreading). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فسيح (ample, broad, capacious, roomy, spacious, vast), ‏ممدد (recumbent), ‏متمدد (dilatable, expanded, prone, prostrate), ‏متسم بوهم العظمة, ‏صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, downright, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), ‏ذو نزعات خيرة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сърдечен (cardiac, cheery, cordial, genial, hearty, kind, lusty, mellow, openhearted, pressing, warm), разтегаем (expansible, stretchy), разтеглив (expansible, liquid, stretch, stretchy, tensile), разширим (distensible), обширен (ample, broad, commodious, comprehensive, extensive, far flung, generic, large, large scale, rangy, spacious, vast, vasty, voluminous, wide), експанзивен (boisterous, demonstrative), просторен (commodious, extended, extensive, large, oceanic, rangy, roomy, spacious, vast, wide). (various references)

Chinese 

膨胀性, 漭 (vast), 昄 (great), 濊 (vast). (various references)

Czech

expanzivní, sdílný (communicant, communicative, forthcoming), rozpínavý (expansible), obsáhlý (all-embracing, comprehensive, voluminous), širý (broad, open). (various references)

Danish

expansivt syndrom (expansive syndrome), expansiv vækst (expansive growth), expansiv schizofreni (expansive schizophrenia), expansionsstøbning (expansive cast), expansionsplade (expansive plate), expansions-indstøbningsmasse (expansive investment compound), expansionscyste (expansive cyst), ekspansiv køn/alder-fordeling (expansive age-sex structure), ekspansiv forbindelse (expansive compound), ekspansionskraft (expansive force), størkningsvarme (expansive congelation), sprængnitte (expansive rivet, explosive rivet), kværulatorisk paranoia (expansive querulous paranoia), harmonikaklassifikation (expansive classification). (various references)

Dutch

expansio (expansion, expansive querulous paranoia), expansieve leeftijd-geslachtstructuur (expansive age-sex structure), expansieve classificatie (expansive classification), expansie (expansion, expansive querulous paranoia), uitzetbare samenstelling (expansive compound), uitdempingskracht (expansive force), plofnagel (expansive rivet, explosive rivet). (various references)

Farsi 

متمایل به توسعه . (various references)

Finnish

ekspansiivinen luokitus (expansive classification), räjähdysniitti (expansive rivet, explosive rivet), laajentumiskyky (expansive power), laajentuminen (dilatancy, dilatation, dilation, expansive power), kasvava ikä-sukupuoli-rakenne (expansive age-sex structure). (various references)

French

expansif (exuberant), chaleureux, arrogant. (various references)

German

expansiv (expanding, expansile, expansionist), weitausholend (long winded, long-drawn-out), mittelsam, dehnbar (dilatable, distensible, ductile, elastic, flexible, malleable, stretchy, tensile). (various references)

Greek 

εκτεταμένοσ (extensive, outspread, spacious), επεκτατικόσ, διασταλτικόσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

�'לוי לב (bluff, blunt, candid, candidness, candour, directness, frankness, openhearted, outspoken, sincerity, straightforward, straightforwardness, unreserved). (various references)

Hungarian

kiterjedt (extended, extensive, far reaching, large, spacious, widespread), ömlengő (effusive, gusher, gushy, mawkish, sloppy), beszédes (affable, chatty, communicative, conversational, loquacious, talkative, talking, voluble, yakky), expanzív, expanziós, expanzionista, feszülő (distended), feszítő (stretcher), közlékeny (communicable), őszinte (aboveboard, disarming, guileless, hearty, outright, plain answer, point-blank, sincere, solid, square-shooter, to be plain with sy, transparent), lelkes (ardent, eager, ebullient, effervescent, enthusiastic, impassioned, keen, raptured, rapturous, soulful, zealous), terjengős (diffuse, exuberant, large, lengthy, redundant, roundabout, wordy), széles körű (large), szétterjedő (diffuse), szívét kitáró, tágulékony, táguló (distended), terjedő, terjedékeny, terjedelmes (ample, big, broad, bulky, expanded, extensive, great, large, sizable, spacious, voluminous), kiterjedő (global). (various references)

Indonesian

ekspansif, luas (amplitude, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, dimensional, extensive, extent, far-ranging (discussion), vast, wide). (various references)

Italian

espansivo (demonstrative, dilatable, distensible, effusive, malleable, outgoing, warm-hearted), espansibile, dilatabile (distensible). (various references)

Manx

focklagh (declaratory, diffuse, garrulous, loquacious, oral, verbose, voluble, wordy), feayn (extensive, horizontal, roomy, vague, vast, wide). (various references)

Norwegian

ekspansiv, utvidbar, meddelsom. (various references)

Pig Latin

expansiveay

Portuguese

expansivo (communicative, demonstrative), expansionismo, comunicativo (absorbing, catching, chummy, communicable, communicative, sociable). (various references)

Romanian

extins (broad, extensive), expansiv (effusive, exuberant, fiery, gushy, unreserved), vast (ample, broad, comprehensive, extensive, far reaching, large, measureless, spacious, vast, wide), demonstrativ (demonstrative, eloquent, graphic, graphical, illustrative, telling), comunicativ (catching, communicative, conversable, social, talkative, voluble), care poate fi dilatat, întins (broad, even, expanse, expansion, extensive, flat, flatly, large, lengthy, mighty, open, outspread, prone, recumbent, smooth, spacious, sprawling, strained, stretched, supine, taut, tense, vast). (various references)

Russian 

экспансивный (effusive, robustious, screamy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ekspanzivan. (various references)

Spanish

expansivo (informational), rico (affluent, costly, delicious, expensive, in the money, lovely, nice, rich, tasty, tempting, wealthy). (various references)

Swedish

extravagant (extravagant, flamboyant, lavish, lush, slap up), expansiv, expansions-, vidsträckt (ample, extensive, large, vast, wide, widely-spread), utvidgnings-, utvidgbar, utbredd (ample, disseminated, extensive, outspread, prolate, rife, splay, spread, widely-spread, widespread), oreserverad (unguarded, unqualified, unreserved), öppenhjärtig (demonstrative, foursquare, free-spoken, open, outright, outspoken, straight). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งขยายออกไ�". (various references)

Turkish

yaygın (broad, common, diffuse, diffusive, endemic, epidemic, epidemical, extensive, familiar, far flung, general, pandemic, pervasive, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, rife, wide, widespread), yayılan (contagious, invasive, sprawling), taşkın (boisterous, disorderly, ebullient, effusive, excessive, exuberant, flood, gushing, intemperate, overflowing, rambunctious, rumbustious, volcanic), genişleyen (expanding, sprawling, widening, yawning), geniş (ample, broad, broadly, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmical, extended, extensive, full, large, obtuse, open, roomy, spacious, splay, vast, walk in, wide), açık sözlü (bluff, blunt, explicit, forthcoming, Frank, free-spoken, honest, ingenuous, outspoken, plain spoken, plainspoken, plump, straight out, unreserved), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references)

Ukranian 

відвертий (above board, candid, direct, forthright, free-hearted, nude, open, outgiving, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, professed, self-confessed, unreserved, upstanding), нестриманий (abandoned, bestial, immoderate, incontinent, inordinate, outgiving, unchecked, unreserved, unrestrained, unsuppressed), експансивний (demonstrative, effusive), просторий (acred, ample, broad, capacious, commodious, extensive, far flung, loose, omnibus, rangy, space, spacious, wide). (various references)

Vietnamese 

chan ho� (folksy), có xu hướng ph�"ng ra, có xu hướng phát triển, có xu hướng giãn ra rộng rãi, có thể ph�"ng ra, có thể phát triển (expansible, expansile), có thể nở ra, có thể mở rộng (expansible, expansile), có thể giãn ra; có xu hướng mở rộng, có thể b� nh trướng (expansible, expansile), bao quát cởi mở. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "expansive": expansively, expansiveness, expansivenesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Expansive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: expencive, expensiv, exspansive. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: expanse, peavies, pensive, vespine.

-3 letters: apexes, envies, exines, naives, navies, nieves, pavins, pavise, peasen, savine, spavie, spavin, veenas, vixens, xenias.

-4 letters: anise, aspen, avens, eaves, evens, exine, naevi, naive, napes, naves, neaps, neeps, neves, nieve, nipas, nixes, pains, paise, panes, paves, pavin, pavis, paxes, peans, pease, peens, peins, peise, penes, penis, pians, pinas.

+2 letters: expansively.

+3 letters: overexplains.

+4 letters: expansiveness, expansivities, overexpansion.

+5 letters: overexpansions.

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