Synonyms for intensive
ɪnˈtɛn sɪvin·ten·sive

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1. intensifier, intensiveadjective

   a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

   "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

   Synonyms:
   intensifier

   Antonyms:
   mild, extensive

2. intensiveadjective

   characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form

   "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry"

   Antonyms:
   mild, extensive

3. intensiveadjective

   tending to give force or emphasis

   "an intensive adverb"

   Antonyms:
   mild, extensive

4. intensiveadjective

   of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor

   "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"

   Antonyms:
   mild, extensive

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1. intensiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   intensifying

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1. List of paraphrases for "intensive":

   intense, extensive, intensified, heavy, dense, in-depth, heavy-use, high-intensity, tight, labour-intensive, hard, labor-intensive, close, tense, concentrated, thorough

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1. Susan Rice:

   Child care and long-term care systems in this country just don’t work well – high quality care is costly to deliver, it’s labor intensive, it requires skilled workers, yet care workers – who are disproportionately women and women of color and immigrants – are among the lowest paid in the country, despite working in some of the most important and complex and demanding jobs. At the same time, the price of care represents an outside share of family’s budget, with child care prices up 26% in just the last decade and long-term care costs up nearly 40%.

2. Evelyn Stauffer:

   Later that day the minor was transferred to a children's hospital in Texas and was treated for several days in the hospital's intensive care unit.

3. Atlantic Equities analyst Chris Wheeler:

   The biggest culprit remains FICC, which continues to also be a very capital intensive business.

4. Steven Brown:

   If the intensive care unit beds are all filled up with patients who are on ventilators because of their pneumonia, surgeries have to be postponed, we have situations where people may come into the hospital with a heart attack, and they have to stay in the emergency room for extended periods of time while waiting for a bed to open up.

5. Sourabh Gupta:

   China and Germany both have current account surpluses, and an intensive economic relationship. To that extent, they will find common cause at the G-20 against Trump. other countries like Japan have gone out of their way to keep a healthy relationship with Trump. But Merkel hasn’t done that. She has been kind of snooty and seems to be waiting for Trump to grow up and act like a mainstream politician.