intensive

intensive is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
2. adjective. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
3. adjective. Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
4. noun. That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
5. 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"

   Synonyms: intensifier

6. adjective. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form

   "the questioning was intensive"

   "intensive care"

7. adjective. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor

   "intensive agriculture"

   "intensive conditions"

8. adjective. tending to give force or emphasis

   "an intensive adverb"

Synonyms

intensifier

Common word forms

intensives, intensively, intensiveness

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