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intensive

/ɪnˈtɛnsɪv/noun, adjective3 syllables

Intensive means: characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form.

Synonyms for intensive3

noun, as in a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies

intensifier

adjective, as in characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form

intense

also used for intensive

intensative

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Opposites of intensive

extensive

What does intensive mean?4

adjective

1

characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form“the questioning was intensive”

2

tending to give force or emphasis“an intensive adverb”

3

of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor“intensive agriculture”

noun

1

a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies“‘up’ in ‘finished up’ is an intensifier”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with intensive?7

four syllables

comprehensiveinexpensiveapprehensive
Show 40 near rhymes
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Intensive in a sentence

  • As economy develops, labor-intensive industries give way to capital-intensive industries.unknown
  • Surpassing labour intensive, capital intensive, the age has shifted greatly to knowledge intensive.unknown
  • Following several weeks of intensive negotiations, the two sides reached a mutually satisfactory agreement.sundown
  • Without electricity, newborns and intensive care patients are endangered.Amastan
  • Capital-intensive industries are not necessarily knowledge-intensive industries.unknown
  • Extensive reading is as important as intensive reading.unknown
  • The hospital restricts the number of visitors who can enter the intensive care unit.Source_VOA
  • The two gunshot victims are in the intensive care unit at a nearby hospital.CK

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Forms of intensive

as a noun

plural
intensives