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Synonyms for extensive
ɪkˈstɛn sɪvex·ten·sive
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
extensive
Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.
Synonyms:
abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast, wideAntonyms:
brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial
Princeton's WordNet
extensive, extendedadjective
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
"an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage"
Synonyms:
protracted, extended, elongated, panoptic, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, lengthened, encompassing, broad, lengthy, all-embracing, across-the-board, prolonged, wide, drawn-out, blanket(a)Antonyms:
small, little, incomprehensive, intensive, noncomprehensiveacross-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wideadjective
broad in scope or content
"across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
Antonyms:
small, noncomprehensive, little, incomprehensive, intensiveextensiveadjective
of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
"producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type"
Synonyms:
wide, extended, blanket(a), broad, across-the-board, encompassing, all-embracing, panoptic, all-inclusive, all-encompassingAntonyms:
incomprehensive, noncomprehensive, small, intensive, little
Dictionary of English Synonymes
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "extensive":
broad, wide, comprehensive, wide-ranging, widespread, vast, intensive, in-depth, large-scale, large, extended, thorough, far-reaching, exhaustive, extensively, detailed, broad-based, lengthy, long, extenso, massive, considerable, intense, abundant, ample, enlarged, expanded, significant, wide-range, substantial, huge, major, important, many, great, long-form, non-intensive
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#184 | many | |
#209 | great | |
#264 | long | |
#330 | big | |
#462 | large | |
#573 | important | |
#638 | major | |
#917 | wide | |
#1133 | huge | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1450 | grand | |
#1579 | detailed | |
#2154 | comprehensive | |
#2259 | extended | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3516 | broad | |
#3754 | massive | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#4832 | expanded | |
#5438 | vast | |
#5953 | considerable | |
#6216 | intensive | |
#7174 | intense | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8689 | widespread | |
#9815 | thorough | |
#10335 | spacious | |
#12544 | extensively | |
#12717 | abundant | |
#13086 | enlarged | |
#13357 | ample | |
#14064 | prolonged | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#14678 | lengthy | |
#15908 | immense | |
#16667 | gigantic | |
#19871 | exhaustive | |
#22281 | encompassing | |
#23873 | bulky | |
#27383 | colossal | |
#29652 | elongated | |
#36564 | protracted | |
#62956 | lengthened | |
#108253 | capacious | |
#140430 | commodious | |
#150634 | panoptic | |
#294762 | extenso |
How to use extensive in a sentence?
Gonzalo (...) stood out as a strong internal candidate during an extensive and rigorous search process led by the Supervisory Board, that considered both external and internal candidates.
Five Memphis Police Department officers can state that preliminary findings indicate Tyre suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating, and that Tyre Nichols observed injuries are consistent with what the family and attorneys witnessed on the video of his fatal encounter with police on January 7, 2023.
North Korea has a very strict and very extensive penal code.
Due to extensive community transmission of COVID -19 in the area, CDC urges residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to refrain from non-essential domestic travel for 14 days effective immediately.
We believe the most impact is made by targeting the mid- to upper-level hierarchy of the gang and removing them, once removed, it causes a disorganization of the gang, where it suppresses their activity for an extensive amount of time until another leader is developed or steps up.
Translations for extensive
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- شاملArabic
- обширенBulgarian
- extensCatalan, Valencian
- rozsáhlýCzech
- ekstensivDanish
- umfangreichGerman
- εκτενήςGreek
- vastaEsperanto
- extensoSpanish
- وسیعPersian
- laaja, avaraFinnish
- étendu, extensifFrench
- vastoItalian
- ფართოGeorgian
- 광대한Korean
- takiraha, pārāweranuiMāori
- uitgebreidDutch
- omfangsrik, omfattendeNorwegian
- rozległyPolish
- extensivoPortuguese
- обширныйRussian
- विस्तीर्गSanskrit
- обширнийUkrainian
- 廣泛Chinese
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