Synonyms for expansive
ɪkˈspæn sɪvex·pan·sive

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1. expansiveadjective

   able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

   "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"

   Synonyms:
   heroic, grand, talkative

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, distressed, unhappy, unimpressive, unexpansive, incommunicative, dysphoric

2. expansive, grand, heroicadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   gilded, marvelous, heroical, heroic, rattling(a), deluxe, elevated, wondrous, imposing, desperate, rarified, noble-minded, lordly, talkative, wonderful, grand, marvellous, tremendous, distinguished, luxurious, idealistic, fantastic, exalted, opulent, princely, rarefied, sumptuous, epic, high-minded, august, terrific, high-flown, lofty, magisterial, howling(a), larger-than-life, sublime

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, unexpansive, uncommunicative, incommunicative, unimpressive, distressed, dysphoric

3. expansiveadjective

   marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur

   Synonyms:
   heroic, grand, talkative

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, unhappy, unimpressive, distressed, uncommunicative, unexpansive, dysphoric

4. expansive, talkativeadjective

   friendly and open and willing to talk

   "wine made the guest expansive"

   Synonyms:
   loquacious, talkative, gabby, heroic, bigmouthed, chatty, blabby, blabbermouthed, talky, grand, garrulous

   Antonyms:
   unimpressive, distressed, unexpansive, uncommunicative, dysphoric, unhappy, incommunicative

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1. expansiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   diffusive

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1. List of paraphrases for "expansive":

   expansionary, expansionist, scalable

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1. Mitra Ebadolahi:

   There's been bad cases in terms of the scope of privacy rights of searches of personal effects and of people trying to cross into the United States, and that's an ongoing tension and something we continue to have concerns about, particularly in a world where the administration is committed to further militarization and build up at the border and has this real expansive notion of what the border is.

2. Advocacy Counsel Manar Waheed:

   They have so many federal crimes they can charge with. They have expansive powers to conduct investigation long before a crime is committed, so why aren't they using those powers to address white supremacist violence ?

3. Peter Wannemacher:

   A more expansive view of people will help those systems learn.

4. Michael Hasenstab:

   Brazil is in the depths of one of the worst crises arguably since the 1980s. The difference is that we can see a path out, it is clear that the administration's legitimacy of pro cyclical and overly expansive monetary and fiscal policy are over. A change is inevitable.

5. Scott Kim:

   In Belgium and The Netherlands they have a much more expansive law that does n’t regard diagnosis as important.