extensive
Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
Other meanings
Considerable in amount.
“I have done extensive research on the subject.”
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
Synonyms
- extended
Related words
- antiextensive
- coextensive
- extensively
- extensiveness
- extensivity
- nonextensive
- overextensive
- subextensive
- superextensive
- ultraextensive
- unextensive
- co-extensive
Word history
From Latin "extensus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “extensive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.