Expansive and General

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Expansive adjective - Having considerable extent.

Usage example: as the river nears the end of its long journey to the sea it becomes quite expansive in breadth

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General and expansive are semantically related in specific topic. In some cases you can use "General" instead an adjective "Expansive".

Nearby Words: expand, expanded, expanse, expansion, expanding

General adjective - Relating to the main elements and not to specific details.

Usage example: a general course of study in American history

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Expansive and general are semantically related in specific topic. Sometimes you can use "Expansive" instead an adjective "General".

Space Opera: of the grittier modern sort, but the expansive universe, far-future setting, available Faster-Than-Light Travel and general handwaving of technology place it firmly here.

Source: Literature / The Diving Universe
Unfortunately, his expansive apparent knowledge followed by his sudden absence ramps up the paranoia among the humans to fever pitch to the point where everyone turns against him and the General even accuses him of killing his son.

Source: Pinball Protagonist
In ThunderCats (2011) King Claudus and General Grune, the Big Good and The Dragon respectively, both sport expansive versions of these, while Court Mage Jaga has a slightly more downplayed badass Wizard Beard.

Source: Badass Beard

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