Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "explosive" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

nonexplosive

Typical Location

army bomb construction hut construction site fireworks fireworks display landmine military facility war

Coordinate Terms

; flammable incendiary

Derived Terms

Favier explosive Sprengel explosive autoexplosive contact explosive contact explosive cryptoexplosive electroexplosive explosive belt explosive bolt explosive cyclogenesis explosive decompression explosive gelatin explosive lens explosive sadism explosively explosiveness high explosive improvised explosive device inexplosive intermittent explosive disorder low explosive microexplosive nonexplosive plastic explosive primary explosive secondary explosive sila-explosive superexplosive superexplosively tertiary explosive unexplosive

Etymologically Related To

ive

Has Part

effect of destroying things

Context

slang

Has Property

dangerous very dangerous

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chemical chemical substance

Type Of (IsA)

attack chemical dangerous thing inanimate object potential explosive threat weapon

Part Of

explosive device

Receives Action

used in war

Related Terms

explode

Related Terms

anger explode explosion person

Similar Terms

detonative detonative sudden sudden unstable unstable

Used For

blast blow things or people up blow things up blow up things blowing things up blowing up dams bombs build such as road calling attention creating tunnels through mountains demolishing large objects demolution destruction dig explote illegal fishing kaboom kill kill people mining purposes move move rocks moving lot of material quickly perfore tunnels removing tree stumps terrorist acts war wreak havoc

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.