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Showing words for EXPRESSIVE using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Expressive

expressive

8 Letter Words for Expressive

exeresis, pressive, previses, severies, viperess

7 Letter Words for Expressive

espeire, esprise, expiree, expires, express, ivresse, peeress, peeries, peevers, peixere, preeves, pressie, prexies, prieves, revisee, revises, seepier, veeries, vespers

6 Letter Words for Expressive

eprise, espier, espies, essive, everse, expire, peerie, peever, peeves, peiser, perses, persis, perves, pisser, preeve, presee, preses, prexes, prieve, reeves, reises, reives, repses, resees, revies, revise, rieves, series, serves, severe, severs, sevier, sevres, sexers, sexier, siever, sieves, sipers, sivers, sixers, speers, speirs, speise, sperse, spiers, spires, sprees, verses, vesper, vexers, vipers

5 Letter Words for Expressive

eerie, epees, epris, erses, esere, essee, evese, exies, isere, peers, peeve, peres, peris, perse, perve, pervs, piers, pixes, prees, press, pries, priss, reese, reeve, reive, resee, resex, revie, rexes, rieve, ripes, rises, risps, rives, seeps, seers, seirs, seise, seres, serve, sever, sexer, sexes, sieve, siper, sipes, sires, sirex, siver, sixer, sixes, speer, speir, spier, spies, spire, spise, spivs, spree, veeps, veers, vepse, verse, vexer, vexes, viers, viper, vises, xeres

4 Letter Words for Expressive

eire, epee, eres, erie, eris, erse, eses, esse, ever, eves, exes, ieee, ipse, ires, irpe, peer, pees, pere, peri, pers, perv, pess, pier, pies, pirs, pise, piss, pree, pres, prex, prie, priv, prix, psis, rees, reps, resp, reve, revs, ries, ripe, rips, rise, risp, rive, rsvp, seep, seer, sees, seir, seis, seps, sere, sers, serv, sese, seve, sier, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, spex, spie, spiv, sris, veep, veer, vees, veps, veri, vers, vese, vesp, vier, vies, vips, vise, viss

3 Letter Words for Expressive

eer, eir, epi, ere, ers, ese, esp, esr, ess, eve, exp, exr, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ive, pee, per, pes, pie, pir, pis, pix, pre, prs, psi, ree, rei, rep, res, rev, rex, rie, rip, riv, rix, rps, see, sei, sep, ser, sex, sie, sip, sir, sis, six, sps, sri, sse, ssp, vee, vei, ver, vex, vie, vip, vis, vss, xis, xiv, xvi

Definitions for Expressive

[1] full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
[2] serving to express; indicative of power to express: a look expressive of gratitude.
[3] of, relating to, or concerned with expression: Dance is a highly expressive art.
[4] Sociology . (of a crowd or group) engaging in nonpurposeful activity of an expressive and often rhythmic nature, as weeping, dancing, or shouting. Compare active(def 15) , orgiastic(def 3) .
[5] Linguistics . of or relating to forms in which sounds denote a semantic field directly and nonarbitrarily, through sound symbolism based, to some degree, on synesthesia, as observable in onomatopoeia, rhyming and gradational compounds, and emotionally charged words such as hypocoristics and pejoratives.
[6] of, involving, or full of expression
[7] (postpositive foll by of ) indicative or suggestive (of) a look expressive of love
[8] having a particular meaning, feeling, or force; significant

Words related to Expressive

thoughtful, vivid, colorful, striking, eloquent, poignant, articulate, suggestive, dramatic, artistic, passionate, energetic, alive, brilliant, demonstrative, emphatic, forcible, graphic, indicative, ingenious

Words nearby Expressive

expressed skull fracture, expression, expression mark, expression vector, expressionism, expressive, expressive aphasia, expressivity, expressly, expressman, expresso

Origin of Expressive

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French; see express, -ive

Other words from Expressive

ex·pres·sive·ly , adverb
ex·pres·sive·ness , noun
an·ti·ex·pres·sive , adjective
an·ti·ex·pres·sive·ly , adverb
an·ti·ex·pres·sive·ness , noun
non·ex·pres·sive , adjective
non·ex·pres·sive·ly , adverb
non·ex·pres·sive·ness , noun
o·ver·ex·pres·sive , adjective
o·ver·ex·pres·sive·ly , adverb
o·ver·ex·pres·sive·ness , noun
pre·ex·pres·sive , adjective
su·per·ex·pres·sive , adjective
su·per·ex·pres·sive·ly , adverb
su·per·ex·pres·sive·ness , noun

Synonyms for Expressive

articulate, artistic, colorful, dramatic, eloquent, energetic, passionate, poignant, striking, suggestive, thoughtful, vivid, alive, allusive, brilliant, demonstrative, emphatic, forcible, graphic, indicative, ingenious, lively, masterly, meaningful, mobile, moving, pathetic, pictorial, picturesque, pointed, pregnant, representative, responsive, revelatory, showy, significant, silver-tongued, spirited, stimulating, stirring, strong, sympathetic, tender, touching, understanding, warm