The meaning of EXPANSIVE is having a capacity or a tendency to expand. How to use expansive in a sentence.

EXPANSIVE definition: having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive. See examples of expansive used in a sentence.

EXPANSIVE definition: 1. very happy to talk to people in a friendly way: 2. covering a large area: 3. very happy to…. Learn more.

Definition of expansive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. having a wide range or extent; extensive. 2. cordially welcoming; effusive: an expansive host. 3. tending to expand or capable of expanding. 4. causing expansion: the expansive force of heat.

If you are expansive, you talk a lot, or are friendly or generous, because you are feeling happy and relaxed. He was becoming more expansive as he relaxed. The premier was in expansive …

having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery. (of a person's character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host …

May 18, 2025 · From Latin expāns-, past-participle stem of expandere (“to spread out”; see expand) +‎ -ive. [1] expansive (comparative more expansive, superlative most expansive)

expansive meaning, definition, what is expansive: very friendly and willing to talk a lot: Learn more.

EXPANSIVE meaning: 1 : talking a lot; 2 : covering or including many things very broad or wide