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Detailed Synonyms for intensive in English

intensive:

intensive adj

  1. intensive
    – characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form 1
    intensive
    – characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form 1
    • intensive adj
      • the questioning was intensive1
      • intensive care1
      • research-intensive1
      • a labor-intensive industry1
  2. intensive
    – of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor 1
    intensive
    – of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor 1
    • intensive adj
      • intensive agriculture1
      • intensive conditions1
  3. intensive
    – tending to give force or emphasis 1
    intensive
    – tending to give force or emphasis 1

intensive [the ~] noun

  1. the intensive
    – a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies 1
    the intensifier; the intensive
    – a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies 1
    • intensifier [the ~] noun
      • `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier1
      • `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier1
    • intensive [the ~] noun

Alternate Synonyms for "intensive":


Antonyms for "intensive":


Related Definitions for "intensive":

  1. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form1
    • the questioning was intensive1
    • intensive care1
    • research-intensive1
    • a labor-intensive industry1
  2. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor1
    • intensive agriculture1
    • intensive conditions1
  3. tending to give force or emphasis1
    • an intensive adverb1
  4. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies1

intense:

intense adj

  1. intense
  2. intense
  3. intense
  4. intense
  5. intense
  6. intense
  7. intense
  8. intense
    – (of color) having the highest saturation 1
    intense; vivid
    – (of color) having the highest saturation 1
  9. intense
    – extremely sharp or intense 1
    intense; acute
    – extremely sharp or intense 1
    • intense adj
      • intense itching and burning1
    • acute adj
      • acute pain1
      • felt acute annoyance1
  10. intense
    – possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree 1
    intense
    – possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree 1
    • intense adj
      • intense heat1
      • intense anxiety1
      • intense desire1
      • intense emotion1
      • the skunk's intense acrid odor1
      • intense pain1
      • enemy fire was intense1

Related Words for "intense":

  • intensive, intenser, intensest, intensely

Alternate Synonyms for "intense":


Antonyms for "intense":


Related Definitions for "intense":

  1. (of color) having the highest saturation1
    • intense blue1
  2. extremely sharp or intense1
    • intense itching and burning1
  3. possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree1
    • intense heat1
    • intense anxiety1
    • intense desire1
    • intense emotion1
    • the skunk's intense acrid odor1
    • intense pain1
    • enemy fire was intense1

Related Synonyms for intensive