EXTENSIVENESS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

extensiveness

noun

as in largeness

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as in comprehensiveness

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Noun

For children themselves, wonder remains abundant—in the bigness of a Tyrannosaurus rex in a museum, or the flicker of fireflies in the summer dusk.

— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
There was a bigness to not just the melodies and choruses, but to the emotions being expressed.

— Brendan Hay, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of bigness

Noun

Like plumbing or shoe cobbling, injecting involves an apprenticeship-type of learning, the comprehensiveness of which seems to be left to the injector.

— Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Nov. 2025
Federal economic data is considered the gold standard because of its longstanding reliability, quality, comprehensiveness, history and transparency.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025

Definition of comprehensiveness

Noun

Working with the cinematographer Joaquín Baca-Asay, Gray proves smart with his budget, capturing the vastness of the Russian underground just in one shot of a near-empty Brighton Beach banquet hall.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
The oceans’ vastness can feel ominous, and though scientists have studied what lurks beneath, so much remains unknown.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vastness

Noun

Brightline is questioning the report’s methodology and thoroughness, noting the consultants did not speak to anyone at the rail company.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
But critics have noted that trust has begun to erode as Michelin accepts cash in exchange for coverage, and accusations of AI use would further undermine the rigor and thoroughness on which Michelin has built its reputation.

— Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoroughness

Noun

When Lee gets back to the van, his dad has passed away, and the immensity of it is too much for his body to bear.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2026
In the wake of tragedy and separation, she is lost, wary of the immensity and opacity of her desire; anger crouches inside her, too, a fact that her divorce made mercilessly clear to her.

— Jamie Hood, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of immensity

Noun

The bar’s radical inclusiveness was part of why people cared about it—and part of what its owners were struggling to finance it.

— Tara Knight, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026
Tuesday’s viewer leaders, ABC and NBC, work to project big-tent inclusiveness, which seems to have paid off some.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of inclusiveness

Noun

Television and movies illustrate female leaders capable of achieving greatness as well as making mistakes.

— Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
With her solo career, Jade has pushed harder than ever before, fueled by an insatiable hunger for true pop greatness.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of greatness

Noun

Every horse is vetted for soundness, the buyers given detailed reports about its health, but DeVaux trusts herself as much as anyone.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
The allegations could call into question the soundness of criminal cases based on the involved officers’ arrests.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of soundness

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