3. (adj)extensive of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor Synonyms: wide, extended, blanket(a), broad, across-the-board, encompassing, all-embracing, panoptic, all-inclusive, all-encompassing Antonyms: incomprehensive, noncomprehensive, small, intensive, little
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'extensive'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. extensive Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large Synonyms: large, abundant, coarse, gigantic, long, ample, colossal, grand, massive, big, commodious, great, spacious, broad, considerable, huge, vast, bulky, enormous, immense, wide, capacious, extensive Antonyms: brief, limited, minute, scanty, small, diminutive, little, narrow, short, tiny, inconsiderable, mean, paltry, slender, trifling, infinitesimal, microscopic, petty, slight, trivial, insignificant