Associations to the word «Expansive»

Wiktionary

EXPANSIVE, adjective. Able to be expanded.
EXPANSIVE, adjective. Comprehensive in scope or extent.
EXPANSIVE, adjective. Talkative and sociable.
EXPANSIVE, adjective. (mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.

Dictionary definition

EXPANSIVE, adjective. Able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire".
EXPANSIVE, adjective. 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".
EXPANSIVE, adjective. Marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur.
EXPANSIVE, adjective. Friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.