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Synonyms for expansive

Most common

broad large spacious lavish

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Comprehensive in scope or extent.

Related words

Word family
expansively expansiveness expansionistic

Example sentences

  • grand I had a grand opening for the hospital last month.
  • broad A gang of three robbed the bank in broad daylight.
  • lavish Sami continued to lavish Layla with every attention.
  • spacious Spacious apartments in Tokyo are hard to come by.
  • expandable This table is expandable with this insert.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
expansiverising
grandsteady
broadsteady
lavishrising
spaciousrising
expandablefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
big1
5 letters
large1, grand1, broad1, ample2, roomy2, rangy2
6 letters
heroic3, lavish2
7 letters
liberal3
8 letters
spacious2
9 letters
talkative3
10 letters
inflatable4, prodigious3, expandable4, commodious4, expansible
13 letters
communicative5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ample2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
expansif
Italiano
espansivo
Deutsch
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