expansive
- adjective
- /ɪkˈspænsɪv/
- With its expansive gardens and beautiful architecture, the estate attracted many visitors each year.
- an expansive view
- an expansive agenda
- expansive policies
But the impact you can make is expansive.
- But the impact you can make is expansive.
- When you go and watch YouTube videos of of tailors and fabric artists, large expansive tables and it feels so luxurious.
- The countries that showed the largest export growth to the rest of the world were countries with expansive trade agreements.
- It's in fact, it's so expansive that it ends roughly halfway between US and the next star.
- It's a strictly kosher dining hall, and yet it's also a very expansive space that does not feel particularly parochial.
- And if we're intelligent enough to choose, why not choose an expansive scenario instead of a horrible scenario?
- The further you go Into Darkness, the more expansive is your light.
Examples
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The fact is we implemented generally expansive policies, and we got back to full employment.
Academic text (1993) -
Lupovich looks around the expansive office and paws the photos and knickknacks on Jeremiah's desk.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's also an expansive definition of strength.
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The countries that showed the largest export growth to the rest of the world were countries with expansive trade agreements.
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And I think Penn is right to try to understand a more expansive view of what is meant by the idea of prayer.
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The Music Instinct, a new book by Philip Ball, offers an expansive overview of music's fundamental properties and values.
Academic text (2011) -
It's a strictly kosher dining hall, and yet it's also a very expansive space that does not feel particularly parochial.
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Tremaine put his hand on Prue's back and gently urged her toward the expansive library beyond the foyer.
Fiction book (2001) -
The conference featured an expansive discussion on climate change that covered various global perspectives.
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The artist is known for her expansive style, which incorporates elements from multiple disciplines and cultures.
Synonyms
Bigger than average in size, number, or amount
Very large in size, amount, or degree
Large in size, amount, or range
Very large and impressive in scale
Impressive and large in appearance or style
Very large in size, amount, or effect
Very large in size or amount
Large in amount, range, or area
Wide from one side to the other
Very large in size, amount, or degree
Very large, much bigger than normal
Very large and affecting many people or places
Complete and using all available resources
A large open room or area with plenty of space
Having a big effect on many people or things
Having no limit in size or amount
Covering many different subjects or areas
Very large, much bigger than usual
Is very large and impressive in size or purpose
Very large in size or amount
Large and covering a wide area or amount
Including many different people, ideas, or things
On a large or impressive scale
Antonyms
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Expansive comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and pandere 'to spread', the same root as expand and expansion. So something expansive is like 'spread out' — large, wide, or ambitious in scale.