extensive

extensive
adj
1. spacious, extended, expanded, expansive; ample, capacious, voluminous, roomy, commodious; broad, wide, widespread, spread out, outspread, stretched out, outstretched.
2. comprehensive, inclusive, all-inclusive, all-including, all-embracing; thorough, thoroughgoing, exhaustive, complete; out-and-out, entire, radical, Inf. wall-to-wall; universal, catholic, worldwide, nationwide, global, cosmopolitan; wide-ranging, far-reaching; infinite, unlimited, unbounded, unrestricted, boundless; wholesale, indiscriminate.
3. lengthy, protracted, prolonged, elongated, sustained; long, longish, overlong, long-drawn; drawn out, dragged out, spun out, strung out; prolix, diffusive, diffuse; interminable, without end.
4. large, large-scale, big, bulky, great; substantial, considerable, sizeable; generous, liberal; immense, vast, massive; gigantic, huge, gargantuan, enormous, colossal, stupendous.

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  • Extensive — Ex*ten sive, a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See {Extend}.] 1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • extensive — I adjective ample, amplus, big, branching, broad, broad based, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, considerable, covering a wide area, deep, diffuse, diffusive, embracing a large area, encompassing a wide area, expanded, expansive, extended,… …   Law dictionary

  • extensive — vast, far reaching; c.1600 of immaterial, c.1700 of material things; from L.L. extensivus, from extens , pp. stem of L. extendere (see EXTEND (Cf. extend)). Earlier in a medical sense, characterized by swelling (early 15c.). Related: Extensively; …   Etymology dictionary

  • extensive — [adj] far reaching, thorough across the board*, all encompassing, all inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, comprising, considerable, expanded, extended, far flung*, general, great, hefty, huge,… …   New thesaurus

  • extensive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) covering a large area. 2) large in amount or scale. DERIVATIVES extensively adverb extensiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • extensive — [ek sten′siv, iksten′siv] adj. [ME < L extensivus < extensus: see EXTENSIBLE] 1. having great extent; covering a large area; vast 2. having a wide scope, effect, influence, etc.; far reaching; comprehensive 3. of or characterized by… …   English World dictionary

  • extensive — [[t]ɪkste̱nsɪv[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is extensive covers or includes a large physical area. ...an extensive tour of Latin America... When built, the palace and its grounds were more extensive than the city itself. Derived words:… …   English dictionary

  • extensive — extensively, adv. extensiveness, extensivity /ek sten siv i tee, ik /, n. /ik sten siv/, adj. 1. of great extent; wide; broad: an extensive area. 2. covering or extending over a great area: extensive travels. 3. far reaching; comprehensive;… …   Universalium

  • extensive — ex|ten|sive [ ık stensıv ] adjective *** 1. ) very large in amount or degree: The accident caused extensive damage to both cars. the restaurant s extensive wine list 2. ) involving a lot of details and information: She has an extensive knowledge… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • extensive */*/*/ — UK [ɪkˈstensɪv] / US adjective 1) very large in amount or degree The accident caused extensive damage to both cars. the restaurant s extensive wine list 2) involving a lot of details and information She has an extensive knowledge of art history.… …   English dictionary

  • extensive — ex|ten|sive W3 [ıkˈstensıv] adj 1.) large in size, amount, or degree ▪ The house stands in extensive grounds. ▪ Fire has caused extensive damage to the island s forests. ▪ the extensive use of pesticides 2.) containing or dealing with a lot of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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