'Invasive' definitions:
Definition of 'invasive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision [ant: noninvasive]
adjective
Marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" [ant: confined]
adjective
adjective
Gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" [syn: encroaching(a), invasive, trespassing(a)]
Definition of 'Invasive'
From: GCIDE
- Invasive \In*va"sive\, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.]
- 1. Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. "Invasive war." --Hoole. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors. [Narrower terms: malignant] PJC]
Synonyms of 'invasive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advancing,
- assailing,
- assaulting,
- attacking,
- charging,
- driving,
- entering,
- in,
- inbound,
- incoming,
- incursionary,
- incursive,
- inflooding,
- inflowing,
- ingoing,
- ingressive,
- inpouring,
- interfering,
- interruptive,
- intervenient,
- intrusive,
- invading,
- invasionary,
- inward,
- inward-bound,
- irruptive,
- obtrusive,
- thrusting