'Extensive' definitions:

Definition of 'extensive'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage" [syn: extensive, extended]
adjective
Broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the- board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide]
adjective
Of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type" [ant: intensive]

Definition of 'Extensive'

From: GCIDE
  • Extensive \Ex*ten"sive\, a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See Extend.]
  • 1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]