expansive
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- wide, broad, extensive, far-reaching, voluminous, wide-ranging, widespread
- talkative, affable, communicative, effusive, friendly, loquacious, open, outgoing, sociable, unreserved

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Antonyms: withdrawn, limited
Contrasted words: austere, severe, stern, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn
Related Words: communicative, demonstrative, extroverted, gregarious, unconstrained, unreserved, unrestrained, effusive, gushy, lavish, generous, liberal, openhanded, ample, large, big, great

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ex‧pan‧sive AC /ɪkˈspænsɪv/ adjective

1. very friendly and willing to talk a lot:
Hauser was in an expansive mood.

2. very large in area, or using a lot of space:
expansive beaches
She flung her arms out in an expansive gesture.

3. including a lot of information and using a lot of words:
an expansive definition
It was written in an expansive style.

4. relating to a business or economy becoming bigger or more successful:
expansive economic policies
—expansively adverb
—expansiveness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲