expansive 音标拼音: [ɪksp'ænsɪv]
a . 易膨胀的,易扩张的
易膨胀的,易扩张的
expansive adj 1 :
able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion ;
"
Expansive materials "; "
the expansive force of fire "
[
ant : {
unexpansive }]
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 " [
synonym :
{
expansive }, {
grand }, {
heroic }]
3 :
marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur 4 :
friendly and open and willing to talk ; "
wine made the guest expansive " [
synonym : {
expansive }, {
talkative }]
euphoric \
euphoric \
adj .
strongly experiencing a feeling of well -
being ;
feeling euphoria .
Opposite of {
dysphoric }. [
Narrower terms :
{
expansive }]
Syn :
elated ,
happy .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Expansive \
Ex *
pan "
sive \ ([
e ^]
ks *
p [
a ^]
n "
s [
i ^]
v ),
a . [
Cf .
F .
expansif .]
1 .
Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate ;
diffusive ;
of much expanse ;
wide -
extending ;
as ,
the expansive force of heat ;
the expansive quality of air .
[
WordNet sense 1 ]
[
1913 Webster ]
A more expansive and generous compassion . --
Eustace .
[
1913 Webster ]
His forehead was broad and expansive . --
Prescott .
2 .
causing expansion ;
as ,
the expansive force of heat .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
3 .
of much expanse ;
wide -
extending ;
as ,
an expansive view of the mountains .
[
PJC ]
4 .
friendly ,
open ,
and unrestrained in conversation or discourse ; --
of people ;
as ,
wine made the guest expansive . [
WordNet sense 4 ]
Syn :
effusive ,
talkative .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
5 .
characterized by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur . [
WordNet sense 3 ]
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ] -- {
Ex *
pan "
sive *
ly },
adv .
-{
Ex *
pan "
sive *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "
expansive ":
accessible ,
affable ,
airy ,
all jaw ,
all -
embracing ,
all -
inclusive ,
amiable ,
ample ,
amplitudinous ,
approachable ,
big ,
bouncy ,
broad ,
buoyant ,
candid ,
capacious ,
chatty ,
commodious ,
communicable ,
communicative ,
comprehensive ,
conversable ,
conversational ,
copious ,
deep ,
demonstrative ,
dilatable ,
dilatant ,
distensive ,
easy ,
effervescent ,
effusive ,
elastic ,
enlarging ,
expandable ,
expanding ,
expansible ,
expansile ,
expansional ,
extendable ,
extended ,
extending ,
extensible ,
extensile ,
extensional ,
extensive ,
extroverted ,
far -
reaching ,
flip ,
fluent ,
frank ,
free ,
free -
speaking ,
free -
spoken ,
free -
tongued ,
friendly ,
full ,
gabby ,
garrulous ,
gassy ,
generous ,
genial ,
glib ,
gossipy ,
great ,
gregarious ,
gushy ,
infinite ,
inflatable ,
inflationary ,
large ,
lavish ,
liberal ,
long -
winded ,
loquacious ,
multiloquent ,
multiloquious ,
newsy ,
open ,
openhanded ,
outgoing ,
outspoken ,
overtalkative ,
prolix ,
resilient ,
roomy ,
scopic ,
self -
revealing ,
self -
revelatory ,
smooth ,
sociable ,
spacious ,
spreading ,
talkative ,
talky ,
unconstrained ,
unhampered ,
unrepressed ,
unreserved ,
unrestrained ,
unrestricted ,
unreticent ,
unsecretive ,
unshrinking ,
unsilent ,
unsuppressed ,
vast ,
verbose ,
volatile ,
voluble ,
voluminous ,
warm ,
wide ,
wide -
ranging ,
widespread ,
windy
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