expansive

1. 1.

   able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

   “Expansive materials”

   “the expansive force of fire”

   Antonymsunexpansive

   Similardistensibleerectileexpandableinflatable
2. 2.

   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”

   Synonymsgrandheroic

   Similarimpressive
3. 3.

   marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur

   Similareuphoric

   psychiatry

4. 4.

   friendly and open and willing to talk

   “wine made the guest expansive”

   Synonymstalkative

   Similarcommunicative

Questions about expansive

What does expansive mean?

expansive means "able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in expansive?

expansive has 3 syllables: ex-pan-sive. The stress falls on "pan". In IPA it is /ɪkˈspænsɪv/.

What is another word for expansive?

Close synonyms include grand, heroic, talkative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of expansive?

The recorded antonyms are unexpansive.

Is expansive a common word?

expansive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.