Antonyms for expansive

Antonyms for (adj) expansive

Main entry: expansive

Definition: able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion

Usage: Expansive materials; the expansive force of fire

Antonyms: unexpansive

Definition: showing no tendency to expand


Main entry: expansive, talkative

Definition: friendly and open and willing to talk

Usage: wine made the guest expansive

Antonyms: uncommunicative, incommunicative

Definition: not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions


Main entry: expansive, heroic, grand

Definition: of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

Usage: an expansive lifestyle; in the grand manner; collecting on a grand scale; heroic undertakings

Antonyms: unimpressive

Definition: not capable of impressing


Main entry: expansive

Definition: marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur

Antonyms: unhappy, dysphoric, distressed

Definition: generalized feeling of distress


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