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more expansive

ADJECTIVE

broad, comprehensive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extensive far-reaching inclusive wide-ranging

WEAK

all-embracing ample big dilatant elastic expanding expansile great large scopic scopious stretching thorough unrepressed unsuppressed voluminous wide widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

narrow

WEAK

limited quiet reserved silent

ADJECTIVE

talkative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

generous lavish

WEAK

affable communicative demonstrative easy effervescent effusive extroverted free friendly garrulous genial gregarious gushy liberal loquacious open outgoing sociable unconstrained uninhibited unreserved unrestrained warm

Antonyms

WEAK

limited narrow quiet reserved silent

Example Sentences

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We tried reshaping our marriage into something more expansive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

And Liaw’s status as a board member invites a more expansive list of reputation-related questions, he added.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Along with a more expansive group of retail and payments partners, Google announced its Agent Payments Protocol, an open standard that the company hopes will accelerate and regularize AI shopping across retail sites.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

These have fed an inexhaustible appetite for information, studies and special data, enabling ever more expansive government policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

“A code is similar: It’s a way to conceal a message. But a code can be more expansive, with word or phrase substitutions rather than individual letters.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman