‘Expansive‘ should not be confused with ‘expensive‘.  The latter refers to a high price for a product or service.   The root word of the former is ‘Expand’ which is to widen, inflate, or to make bigger. This adjective can be used in many ways.

‘Expansive’ is used to describe something that is broad and wide physically.

1. My dream home is one that has a reading room, walk-in closets and an expansive kitchen.
2. Good food as well as the expansive outdoor patio are the big features at this venue.
3. The house on the hill overlooks an expansive plains covered with wild flowers.
4. She opened her arms wide in an expansive gesture of welcome.

 

This word can be used to describe a person who is relaxed, communicative, in high spirits or ready to talk.

1. She is in an expansive mood this morning because the traffic was really good.
2. Although he had a bad day, he grew expansive after he had dinner with his good friends.

 

You can use the word to describe having a great extent

1. The menu is expansive with a wide variety seafood main entrees as well as a large sushi and sashimi bar, offering customers an eclectic mix of options to choose from.
2. A master’s degree in psychology provides opportunities for better job offers, higher pay, greater academic resources, and a more expansive breadth of knowledge and experience.
3. The judge was not happy that the lawyer was very creative and presented his expansive interpretation of the law.
4. An active and expansive market economy is a necessary condition for progress.

 

‘Expansive’ can also mean marked by or indicative of exaggerated euphoria and delusions of self-importance

1. He is an expansive patient and is always wanting to see the doctor without making an appointment.
2. She is the least expansive of leaders and is extermely popular as a people leader.