expressive

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ik-ˈspre-siv\
- /ɪkˈspres.ɪv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ik-ˈspre-siv\

Definitions of expressive word

noun expressive Effectively conveying thought or feeling. 1
adjective expressive expressing a lot 1
adjective expressive expressing sth 1
adjective expressive of expression 1
adjective expressive If you describe a person or their behaviour as expressive, you mean that their behaviour clearly indicates their feelings or intentions. 0
graded adjective expressive If something is expressive of particular ideas or qualities, it has features which indicate or demonstrate them. 0

See all 12 definitions of expressive

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Parts of speech for Expressive

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Expressive

expressive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for expressive

adjective expressive

animated — Someone who is animated or who is having an animated conversation is lively and is showing their feelings.
sensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
communicative — Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things.
open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
dramatic — of or relating to the drama.

noun expressive

doggerel — comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
balladry — ballad poetry or songs
poetry — the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
rune — a poem, song, or verse.
rhyming — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.

All 63 Synonyms of expressive

Antonyms for expressive

adjective expressive

impassive — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
lifeless — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
ugly — very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
uncaring — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.

All 9 Antonyms of expressive

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