Expansive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛkspˈænsɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/ɛkspˈansɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɛkspˈansɪv/

3 syllables Say it as /ɛkspˈænsɪv/.

Examples

Expansive materials
the expansive force of fire
an expansive lifestyle

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

heroic grand talkative

Antonyms

unexpansive

Parts of Speech

adjective	able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion “Expansive materials”
adjective	of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope “an expansive lifestyle”
adjective	marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
adjective	friendly and open and willing to talk “wine made the guest expansive”

Word Forms

expand	verb	extend in one or more directions
expansiveness	noun	a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
expansivity	noun	a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
grandness	noun	unusual largeness in size or extent or number
talkativeness	noun	the quality of being wordy and talkative
talk	verb	exchange thoughts; talk with

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

expansiv

fähig oder dazu neigend, sich auszudehnen, oder durch Ausdehnung gekennzeichnet ist

🇫🇷French

expansif

capable ou tendant à s'étendre ou caractérisé par une expansion

🇪🇸Spanish

expansivo

capaz o con tendencia a expandirse o caracterizado por la expansión

🇮🇹Italian

espansivo

capace o tendente ad espandersi o caratterizzato da espansione

🇳🇱Dutch

uitgestrekt

in staat zijn of de neiging hebben om uit te breiden of gekenmerkt worden door expansie

🇵🇹Portuguese

expansivo

capaz ou tendendo a expandir ou caracterizado por expansão

🇷🇺Russian

экспансивный

способный или имеющий тенденцию к расширению или характеризующийся расширением

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रशस्त

विस्तार करने में सक्षम या प्रवृत्त या विस्तार की विशेषता

🇧🇩Bengali

বিস্তৃত

প্রসারিত করতে সক্ষম বা প্রবণতা বা সম্প্রসারণ দ্বারা চিহ্নিত

🇮🇳Tamil

விரிந்த

விரிவடையக்கூடிய அல்லது விரிவடைய முனைகிறது அல்லது விரிவாக்கத்தால் வகைப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

విశాలమైన

విస్తరించగల సామర్థ్యం లేదా మొగ్గు లేదా విస్తరణ ద్వారా వర్గీకరించబడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

विस्तृत

सक्षम किंवा विस्तार करण्यास प्रवृत्त किंवा विस्ताराद्वारे वैशिष्ट्यीकृत

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિસ્તૃત

સક્ષમ અથવા વિસ્તૃત કરવા માટે વલણ અથવા વિસ્તરણ દ્વારા લાક્ષણિકતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಸ್ತಾರವಾದ

ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಲು ಒಲವು ಅಥವಾ ವಿಸ್ತರಣೆಯಿಂದ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിസ്തൃതമായ

വികസിക്കാൻ കഴിവുള്ളതോ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വികസിക്കുന്നതോ ആയ സ്വഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਸਤ੍ਰਿਤ

ਵਿਸਤਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਸਥਾਰ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

وسیع

وسعت دینے کے قابل یا رجحان یا توسیع کی خصوصیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

广阔的

能够或倾向于扩张或以扩张为特征

🇯🇵Japanese

広大な

拡張することができる、または拡張する傾向がある、または拡張によって特徴付けられる

🇰🇷Korean

널찍한

확장할 수 있거나 확장하려는 경향이 있거나 확장을 특징으로 하는

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mở rộng

có thể hoặc có xu hướng mở rộng hoặc đặc trưng bởi sự mở rộng

🇹🇭Thai

กว้างขวาง

สามารถหรือมีแนวโน้มที่จะขยายหรือมีลักษณะโดยการขยายตัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

luas

mampu atau cenderung untuk memperluas atau ditandai dengan ekspansi

🇵🇭Filipino

malawak

kaya o may posibilidad na lumawak o nailalarawan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalawak

🇲🇾Malay

meluas

mampu atau cenderung untuk berkembang atau dicirikan oleh pengembangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

توسعية

قادرة أو تميل إلى التوسع أو تتميز بالتوسع

🇮🇷Persian

گسترده

قادر یا تمایل به گسترش است یا با بسط مشخص می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

geniş

Genişleyebilen veya genişleme eğiliminde olan veya genişleme ile karakterize edilen

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִתפַּשֵׁט

מסוגל או נוטה להתרחב או מאופיין בהתרחבות

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