extensive

1. 1.

   large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

   “an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England”

   “extended farm lands”

   “surgeons with extended experience”

   “they suffered extensive damage”

   Synonymsextended

   Similarlarge
2. 2.

   broad in scope or content

   “across-the-board pay increases”

   “an all-embracing definition”

   “blanket sanctions against human-rights violators”

   “an invention with broad applications”

   “a panoptic study of Soviet nationality”

   “granted him wide powers”

   Synonymsacross-the-boardall-embracingall-encompassingall-inclusiveblanketbroadencompassingpanopticwide

   Similarcomprehensive
3. 3.

   of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor

   “producing wheat under extensive conditions”

   “agriculture of the extensive type”

   Antonymsintensive

Questions about extensive

What does extensive mean?

extensive means "large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in extensive?

extensive has 3 syllables: ex-ten-sive. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ɪkˈstɛnsɪv/.

What is another word for extensive?

Close synonyms include extended, across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive. 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 extensive?

The recorded antonyms are intensive.

Is extensive a common word?

extensive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.