expansive
adjectiveHow many syllables in expansive?
There are 3 syllables in the word expansive.How to pronounce expansive:
Definition of expansive:
- expansive (adjective):
- having a capacity or a tendency to expand
- able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion.
Synonyms for expansive:
broad
comprehensive
deep
distensible
erectile
expandable
expandible
expansible
extended
extensive
far-reaching
general
inflatable
spacious
sweeping
wide
wide-ranging
widespread
Antonyms for expansive:
bounded
checked
close
concentrated
confined
constrained
controlled
cramped
crowded
deficient
defined
delimited
determinate
diminished
exclusive
filled
finite
fixed
fundamental
hemmed in
inadequate
insubstantial
lean
limited
little
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