expansive

adj.

1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand.
2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers.
3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.
4. Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle.

expansively ex·pan'sive·ly adv.
expansiveness ex·pan'sive·ness or ex'pan·siv'i·ty (ĕk'spăn-sĭv'ĭ-tē) n.

adjective

1. Large in expanse: ample, broad, extensive, spacious. See wide/narrow.
2. Covering a wide scope: all-around, all-inclusive, all-round, broad, broad-spectrum, comprehensive, extended, extensive, far-ranging, far-reaching, general, global, inclusive, large, overall, sweeping, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, widespread. See specific/general.
3. Disposed to be open, sociable, and talkative: communicable, communicative, extraverted, extroverted, gregarious, outgoing, unreserved. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

adj

Definition: broad, comprehensive
Antonyms: limited, narrow

adj

Definition: talkative
Antonyms: quiet, reserved, silent

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IN BRIEF: Being in a good or talkative mood. Also: widely extensive.

The teacher was in quite an expansive mood when the rewards were distributed.

Tutor's tip: She was in an "expansive" (able to expand) mood after her success so she bought the "expensive" (high-priced) champagne.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ekspansiv, vidtstrakt, åbenhjertig, uhæmmet

Nederlands (Dutch)
expansief, uitbreidend, uitdijend, uitbreiding veroorzakend, spraakzaam, uitbundig, overdreven euforisch en met veel eigendunk, overvloedig, uitgestrekt, veelomvattend

Français (French)
adj. - expansif, communicatif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - expansiv, gesprächig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επεκτατικός, διαχυτικός, εκδηλωτικός

Italiano (Italian)
espansivo, comunicativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - expansivo, extenso

Русский (Russian)
обширный, открытый (характер), широкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - expansivo, comunicativo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - expansiv, expansions-, oreserverad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易膨胀的, 易扩张的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易膨脹的, 易擴張的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 확장적인, 광대한, 과대 망상적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 膨張力のある, 拡張的な, 膨張を応用する, のんびりした, 屈託のない, 開放的な, 心の広い, 広々とした, 発揚妄想の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متسع, متمدد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מקיף, מתפשט, מתיח, פתוח (אדם), נוטה להתפשטות, נרחב‬

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