| Adj. | 1. | expansive - able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"unexpansive - showing no tendency to expand; "unexpansive bodies" | |
| 2. | expansive - impressive in scale; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony" | |
| 3. | expansive - marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur | |
| 4. | expansive - friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray | |