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Expansive

Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.

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Cavernous 84% connected

Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.

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Cavernous 84% connected

Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.

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Communicative 84% connected

Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

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Communicative 84% connected

Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

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Communicatory 84% connected

Imparting knowledge or information.

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Communicatory 84% connected

Imparting knowledge or information.

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Distensible 84% connected

Capable of being distended or dilated.

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Distensible 84% connected

Capable of being distended or dilated.

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Erectile 84% connected

Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

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Erectile 84% connected

Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

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Expansible 84% connected

Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.

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Expansible 84% connected

Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.

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Impressive 84% connected

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect th…

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Impressive 84% connected

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect th…

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Inflatable 84% connected

That may be inflated.

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Inflatable 84% connected

That may be inflated.

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Expand 74% connected

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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Expand 74% connected

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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Extend 74% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Extend 74% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Synonym 3

Grand 92% connected

Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.

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Heroic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic…

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Talkative 92% connected

Given to much talking.

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