There has been an explosive increase in the demand for labor.
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Explosive
//ɛkˈspləʊsɪv//
Synonyms for "explosive" (180 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
diceydiphthongdissimilationdynamiteedgyemotionalemotionally unstableepenthetic voweleruptiveexcitableexplodableexplodingexplosiblefieryflappingfraughtfraught with dangerfulminatinggeligniteglide
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glottalglottalizationgunpowdergutturalhastyhazardoushigh explosivehigh spiritedhigh strunghigh-mettledhigh-spiritedhigh-strunghighly emotionalhothot-temperedhotheadediffyinflammableinflammatoryirascibleirritablejeopardousknockinglabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlaryngeallaterallingualliquidlive
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (90)
manner of articulationmelinitemenacingmettlesomemodificationmonophthongmorphophonememutenasalnastynervousnitrocottonnitroglycerinocclusivepalatalparasitic vowelparlouspassionatepeakpeppery
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periculousperilousperturbablepharyngealpharyngealizationphonephonemeplasticplastic explosiveplosivepoppingpowderprecariouspricklyprothetic vowelquickquick-temperedrappingretroflexsegmental phonemesemivowelsensitiveseriousshakyshort-temperedskittishslappingslattingsmokeless powdersonantsonorityspeech soundspunkystartlishstopsuddensurdsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllabletappingtemperamentaltensethreateningtnttouch-and-gotouchytransition soundtrinitrotoluoltriphthonguglyuncertainunpredictableunsoundvelarvillanous saltpetrevocablevocalicvocoidvoicevoiced soundvoiceless soundvoicingvolatilevolcanicvowel
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
9 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
2 entriesis a
6 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
6 entriesused for
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
157 translations across 52 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- اِنْفِجَارِيّ adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- مُتَفَجِّر adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- مَادَّة مُتَفَجِّرَة noun (explosive substance)
- مُتَفَجِّرَة noun (explosive substance)
Armenian
2 entries- պայթուցիկ adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- պայթուցիկ նյութ noun (explosive substance)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- partladıcı noun (explosive substance)
- partlayıcı maddə noun (explosive substance)
Belarusian
4 entries- выбухо́вы adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- выбухо́вае рэ́чыва noun (explosive substance)
- выбухо́ўка noun (explosive substance)
- узрыўча́тка noun (explosive substance)
Bulgarian
4 entries- взри́вен adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- взри́вен adj (having the character of an explosion)
- избухли́в adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- избухли́в adj (easily driven to anger)
Catalan
2 entries- explosiu adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosiu noun (explosive substance)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏔᏍᎩᏍᎩ noun (explosive substance)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 易爆 adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- 暴躁 adj (easily driven to anger)
- 爆炸的 adj (having the character of an explosion)
- 炸藥 /炸药 noun (explosive substance)
Czech
4 entries- explozivní adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- výbušný adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- výbušný adj (having the character of an explosion)
- výbušný adj (easily driven to anger)
Danish
4 entries- eksplosionsagtig adj (having the character of an explosion)
- eksplosiv adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- eksplosiv adj (having the character of an explosion)
- heftig adj (easily driven to anger)
Dutch
4 entries- explosief adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosief noun (explosive substance)
- plofstof noun (explosive substance)
- springstof noun (explosive substance)
Esperanto
1 entries- eksploda adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
Estonian
2 entries- plahvatusohtlik adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- lõhkeaine noun (explosive substance)
Faroese
1 entries- spreingievni noun (explosive substance)
Finnish
4 entries- räjähdysherkkä adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- räjähdysmäinen adj (having the character of an explosion)
- räjähtävä adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- räjähtävä adj (easily driven to anger)
French
2 entries- explosif adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosif noun (explosive substance)
Galician
3 entries- explosivo adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosivo adj (having the character of an explosion)
- explosivo noun (explosive substance)
Georgian
2 entries- ფეთქებადი adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- ფეთქებადი ნივთიერება noun (explosive substance)
German
4 entries- aufbrausend adj (easily driven to anger)
- explosiv adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosiv adj (easily driven to anger)
- Sprengmittel noun (explosive substance)
Greek
2 entries- εκρηκτικός adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- εκρηκτικός adj (having the character of an explosion)
Hindi
2 entries- विस्फोटक adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- विस्फोटक noun (explosive substance)
Hungarian
4 entries- robbanásra hajlamos adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- robbanékony adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- robbanékony adj (easily driven to anger)
- robbanó adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
Italian
4 entries- collerico adj (easily driven to anger)
- esplosivo adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- iracondo adj (easily driven to anger)
- irascibile adj (easily driven to anger)
Japanese
1 entries- 爆発物 noun (explosive substance)
Korean
1 entries- 폭발물 noun (explosive substance)
Lao
1 entries- ວັດຖຸລະເບີດ noun (explosive substance)
Latin
2 entries- explōsīvus adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosivum noun (explosive substance)
Latvian
3 entries- eksplozīvs adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- sprāgstošs adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- sprāgstviela noun (explosive substance)
Lithuanian
3 entries- sprogstamasis adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- sprogmuo noun (explosive substance)
- sprogstamoji medžiaga noun (explosive substance)
Macedonian
2 entries- експлози́вен adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- експлози́в noun (explosive substance)
Mongolian
1 entries- тэсрэх бодис noun (explosive substance)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- eksplosiv adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- eksplosiv noun (explosive substance)
- sprengstoff noun (explosive substance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- eksplosiv adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- eksplosiv noun (explosive substance)
- sprengstoff noun (explosive substance)
Persian
1 entries- مادهٔ منفجره noun (explosive substance)
Piedmontese
2 entries- esplosiv adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- esplosiv noun (explosive substance)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Sprenjstoff noun (explosive substance)
Polish
3 entries- wybuchowy adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- wybuchowy adj (easily driven to anger)
- materiał wybuchowy noun (explosive substance)
Portuguese
4 entries- explosivo adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosivo adj (having the character of an explosion)
- explosivo adj (easily driven to anger)
- explosivo noun (explosive substance)
Romanian
2 entries- exploziv adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- exploziv noun (explosive substance)
Russian
4 entries- взры́вчатый adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- взрывно́й adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- взрывно́й adj (having the character of an explosion)
- вспы́льчивый adj (easily driven to anger)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ȅksplozīvan adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- е̏ксплозӣван adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- eksplòzīv noun (explosive substance)
- експло̀зӣв noun (explosive substance)
Slovak
4 entries- explozívny adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- výbušný adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- výbušnina noun (explosive substance)
- výbušné zariadenie noun (explosive substance)
Slovene
4 entries- eksploziven adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- eksploziv noun (explosive substance)
- eksplozivna snov noun (explosive substance)
- razstrelivo noun (explosive substance)
Spanish
3 entries- explosivo adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosivo adj (having the character of an explosion)
- explosivo noun (explosive substance)
Swedish
4 entries- explosionsartad adj (having the character of an explosion)
- explosiv adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- explosiv adj (having the character of an explosion)
- sprängmedel noun (explosive substance)
Tagalog
1 entries- pampasabog noun (explosive substance)
Thai
1 entries- วัตถุระเบิด noun (explosive substance)
Turkish
4 entries- fevri adj (easily driven to anger)
- patlayıcı adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- patlayıcı adj (having the character of an explosion)
- patlayıcı madde noun (explosive substance)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вибухо́вий adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- вибухо́ва речовина́ noun (explosive substance)
- вибухі́вка noun (explosive substance)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chất nổ noun (explosive substance)
- thuốc nổ noun (explosive substance)
Welsh
4 entries- chwyrn adj (easily driven to anger)
- ffrwydrol adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
- ffrwydrol adj (having the character of an explosion)
- ffrwydrol adj (easily driven to anger)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויפֿרײַסיק adj (with the capability to, or likely to, explode)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The cheetah uses a combination of stealth and explosive acceleration to catch its prey.
Source: tatoeba (2909541)
There was an explosive mixture in his head containing feelings of inferiority as well as visions of omnipotence.
Source: tatoeba (3150287)
We cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed, but as more information has come to light we have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device.
Source: tatoeba (4677937)
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