'Intensive' definitions:
Definition of 'intensive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor- intensive industry"
adjective
Tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb"
adjective
Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions" [ant: extensive]
noun
A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" [syn: intensifier, intensive]
Definition of 'Intensive'
From: GCIDE
- Intensive \In*ten"sive\, a. [Cf. F. intensif. See Intense.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Agric.) Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return as possible; -- opposed to extensive. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Intensive'
From: GCIDE
- Intensive \In*ten"sive\, n. That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intensive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-out,
- all-pervading,
- born,
- broad-based,
- clean,
- clear,
- comprehensive,
- concentrated,
- congenital,
- consummate,
- deep,
- deep-dyed,
- downright,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- egregious,
- exhaustive,
- hard,
- intense,
- intensified,
- omnibus,
- omnipresent,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- perfect,
- pervasive,
- plain,
- plumb,
- profound,
- pure,
- radical,
- regular,
- sheer,
- straight,
- sweeping,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- through-and-through,
- total,
- ubiquitous,
- unconditional,
- universal,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- utter,
- veritable,
- wholesale
Words containing 'Intensive'
- Intensate,
- Intensated,
- Intensating,
- Intensation,
- Intensative,
- Intense,
- Intensely,
- Intenseness,
- Intension,
- Intensity,
- Intensively,
- Intensiveness,
- change intensity,
- field intensity,
- intensity level,
- intensive care,
- light intensity,
- magnetic intensity,
- half-intensity,
- intensive care unit,
- knowledge-intensive,
- labor-intensive,
- labour-intensive,
- luminous intensity unit,
- neonatal intensive care unit