Synonyms for expansive
ɪkˈspæn sɪvex·pan·sive

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1. expansiveadjective

   able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

   "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"

   Synonyms:
   heroic, grand, talkative

   Antonyms:
   uncommunicative, distressed, unhappy, unimpressive, unexpansive, incommunicative, dysphoric

2. expansive, grand, heroicadjective

   of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

   "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

   Synonyms:
   gilded, marvelous, heroical, heroic, rattling(a), deluxe, elevated, wondrous, imposing, desperate, rarified, noble-minded, lordly, talkative, wonderful, grand, marvellous, tremendous, distinguished, luxurious, idealistic, fantastic, exalted, opulent, princely, rarefied, sumptuous, epic, high-minded, august, terrific, high-flown, lofty, magisterial, howling(a), larger-than-life, sublime

   Antonyms:
   unhappy, unexpansive, uncommunicative, incommunicative, unimpressive, distressed, dysphoric

3. expansiveadjective

   marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur

   Synonyms:
   heroic, grand, talkative

   Antonyms:
   incommunicative, unhappy, unimpressive, distressed, uncommunicative, unexpansive, dysphoric

4. expansive, talkativeadjective

   friendly and open and willing to talk

   "wine made the guest expansive"

   Synonyms:
   loquacious, talkative, gabby, heroic, bigmouthed, chatty, blabby, blabbermouthed, talky, grand, garrulous

   Antonyms:
   unimpressive, distressed, unexpansive, uncommunicative, dysphoric, unhappy, incommunicative

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1. expansiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   diffusive

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1. List of paraphrases for "expansive":

   expansionary, expansionist, scalable

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1. Melanie Brucks:

   This visual focus on the screen narrows cognition. In other words, people are more focused when interacting on video, which hurts the broad, expansive idea generation process.

2. Sergey Toshin:

   I’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s like, super expansive.

3. Mitra Ebadolahi:

   There's been bad cases in terms of the scope of privacy rights of searches of personal effects and of people trying to cross into the United States, and that's an ongoing tension and something we continue to have concerns about, particularly in a world where the administration is committed to further militarization and build up at the border and has this real expansive notion of what the border is.

4. Donald Trump:

   The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion Monday vacating former Gov. Bob McDonnell’s corruption convictionsand sent it back to the lower appeals court. ‘In addition to being inconsistent with both text and precedent, the Government’s expansive interpretation of ‘official act’ would raise significant constitutional concerns,’according to the unanimous opinion.‘Because the jury was not correctly instructed on the meaning of ‘official act,’ it may have convicted Governor McDonnell for conduct that is not unlawful.’ SCOTUSblog’s Amy Howe posted in a live chat on the opinion: ‘Very favorable to the governor but not over.’.

5. Carlos Saladrigas:

   If President Miguel Diaz-Canel is given the post of party secretary, it would strengthen his ability to take decisions and it might augur well for more expansive reforms, if, however, someone else is appointed, especially from the ‘old guard’, it would possibly indicate... continuing economic stagnation.