When you travel abroad, you start to feel very expansive, and it's easy to overspend in a mood like that.
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Expansive
//ɪkˈspænsɪv//
Synonyms for "expansive" (149 found)
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Strong matches (45)
Related words (74)
genialglibgossipygreatgregariousgushyimpressiveinfiniteinflationaryjoyfullargelavishliberallightheartedlivelylong windedlong-windedloquaciousmercurialmultiloquent
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multiloquiousnewsyopenopenhandedoutgoingoutspokenovertalkativeprolixresilientroomyscopicself-revealingself-revelatorysmoothsociablespaciousspreadingtalkyunconstrainedunhamperedunrepressedunreservedunrestrainedunrestrictedunreticentunsecretiveunshrinkingunsilentunsuppressedvastverbosevolatilevolublevoluminouswarmwidewide-rangingwidespreadwindy
Adjective(12 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
33 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- обширен adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
- просторен adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
- разширяем adj (Able to be expanded)
Dutch
1 entries- omvattend adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
French
1 entries- expansible adj (Able to be expanded)
Galician
2 entries- expansible adj (Able to be expanded)
- expansíbel adj (Able to be expanded)
German
4 entries- ausdehnbar adj (Able to be expanded)
- ausdehnungsfähig adj (Able to be expanded)
- beredt adj (Talkative and sociable)
- expandierbar adj (Able to be expanded)
Italian
3 entries- espandibile adj (Able to be expanded)
- espansibile adj (Able to be expanded)
- espansivo adj ((mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity)
Latin
1 entries- lātus adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
Māori
1 entries- roha adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
Portuguese
1 entries- expansivo adj (Talkative and sociable)
Sanskrit
1 entries- पृथु adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- opširan adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
- proširiv adj (Able to be expanded)
Spanish
4 entries- expandiente adj ((mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity)
- expansivo adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
- expansivo adj (Talkative and sociable)
- expansivo adj ((mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity)
Swedish
1 entries- omfattande adj (Comprehensive in scope or extent)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I'd never seen such expansive scenery.
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Americans have long been drawn to big, open spaces, so perhaps it’s no surprise that houses built in the United States are among the most expansive on the planet.
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At sunset, she can see an expansive sky that is brilliant pink and orange.
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