Word Meanings - EXPANSIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. A more expansive and generous compassion. Eustace. His forehead was broad and expansive.

Additional info about word: EXPANSIVE

Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. A more expansive and generous compassion. Eustace. His forehead was broad and expansive. Prescott. -- Ex*pan"sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan"sive*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EXPANSIVE)

• Broad
• Wide
• extensive
• expansive
• ample
• liberal
• comprehensive
• unreserved
• indelicate
• coarse
• generic
• Spacious
• Ample
• broad
• vast
• capacious
• large
• wide
• roomy

Related words: (words related to EXPANSIVE)

• COMPREHENSIVENESS
  The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison.
• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• BROADBILL
  A wild duck , which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
• COARSE
  was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts
• LIBERALIZE
  To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.
• BROADLY
  In a broad manner.
• BROAD
  Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.;
• BROADCLOTH
  A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
• AMPLENESS
  The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
• BROAD-BRIMMED
  Having a broad brim. A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler.
• INDELICATE
  Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv. Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse;
• CAPACIOUSNESS
  The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.
• COARSELY
  In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
• BROAD CHURCH
  A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied
• BROADBRIM
  1. A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends. 2. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
• BROAD-HORNED
  Having horns spreading widely.
• LIBERALISTIC
  Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.
• EXTENSIVELY
  To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
• BROADWISE
  Breadthwise.
• BROADEN
  To grow broad; to become broader or wider. The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.
• UNEXAMPLED
  Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
• ILLIBERALISM
  Illiberality.
• CONGENERIC; CONGENERICAL
  Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action. R. Owen.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• ILLIBERALNESS
  The state of being illiberal; illiberality.
• INCOMPREHENSIVE
  Not comprehensive; not capable of including or of understanding; not extensive; limited. -- In*com`pre*hen"sive*ly, a. Sir W. Hamilton. -- In*com`pre*hen"sive*ness, n. T. Warton.
• SUBGENERIC
  Of or pertaining to a subgenus.
• FOOL-LARGESSE
  Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.