Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified.
- 2adjective
Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
- 3adjective
Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
- 4noun
That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
- 5noun
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
- 6adjective
characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
"the questioning was intensive"
"intensive care"
- 7adjective
of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
"intensive agriculture"
"intensive conditions"
- 8adjective
tending to give force or emphasis
"an intensive adverb"
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