| expand | (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: boom, flourish, thrive |
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| (verb) exaggerate or make bigger | Synonyms: amplify, blow up, inflate |
| (verb) become larger in size or volume or quantity | - |
| (verb) expand the influence of | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity | - |
| (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
| (verb) extend in one or more directions | Synonyms: spread out |
| expandability | (noun) A physical property of gases, denoting that they expand to fill their containers. | - |
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| expandable | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandible, expansible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandible, expansible |
| expanded | (adjective) increased in extent or size or bulk or scope | - |
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| expander | (noun) an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal. | - |
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| expandible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expansible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expansible |
| expanse | (noun) the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary | Synonyms: area, surface area |
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| (noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: sweep |
| (noun) a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | - |
| expansible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expandible |
| expansile | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansible |
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| expansion | (noun) the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | Synonyms: enlargement |
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| (noun) adding information or detail | Synonyms: expanding upon |
| (noun) a discussion that provides additional information | Synonyms: elaboration, enlargement |
| (noun) a function expressed as a sum or product of terms | - |
| expansionism | (noun) the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country | - |
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| expansionist | (adjective) of or involving or guided by expansionism | - |
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| expansive | (adjective) able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion | - |
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| (adjective) friendly and open and willing to talk | Synonyms: talkative |
| (adjective) marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur | - |
| (adjective) of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | Synonyms: grand, heroic |
| expansively | (adverb) in an ebullient manner | Synonyms: ebulliently, exuberantly |
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| (adverb) in an impressively expansive manner | - |
| expansiveness | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: effusiveness, expansivity |
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| (noun) a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand | Synonyms: expansivity |
| expansivity | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: effusiveness, expansiveness |
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| (noun) a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand | Synonyms: expansiveness |
| (noun) the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure | Synonyms: coefficient of expansion |
| expat | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expatriate |
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| expatiate | (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
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| expatiation | (noun) a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail | - |
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| expatriate | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expat |
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| (verb) move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad | - |
| (verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: deport, exile |
| expatriation | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, exile, transportation |
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| (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: emigration, out-migration |
| expect | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) look forward to the birth of a child | - |
| (verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: anticipate |
| (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: await, look, wait |
| (verb) consider reasonable or due | - |
| (verb) consider obligatory; request and expect | Synonyms: ask, require |
| expectable | (adjective) to be expected | - |
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| expectancy | (noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | Synonyms: anticipation |
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| (noun) an expectation | Synonyms: anticipation |
| expectant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, anticipative |
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| (adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child |
| expectantly | (adverb) in an expectant manner | - |
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| expectation | (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: outlook, prospect |
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| (noun) the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values | Synonyms: arithmetic mean, expected value, first moment |
| (noun) the feeling that something is about to happen | - |
| (noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | Synonyms: anticipation |
| expected | (adjective) considered likely or probable to happen or arrive | - |
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| expectedness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising | - |
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| (noun) the state of being that is commonly observed | Synonyms: commonness |
| expectorant | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorator |
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| expectorate | (verb) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | Synonyms: cough out, cough up, spit out, spit up |
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| (verb) clear out the chest and lungs | Synonyms: clear out, drive out |
| expectoration | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: spit, spitting |
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| (noun) the process of coughing up and spitting out | - |
| expectorator | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorant |
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| (noun) a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) | Synonyms: spitter |
| expedience | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expediency |
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| (noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others | Synonyms: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking |
| expediency | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expedience |
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| expedient | (adjective) serving to promote your interest | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate to a purpose; practical | - |
| (noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | - |
| expediently | (adverb) in an expedient manner | Synonyms: inadvisably |
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| expedite | (verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate | Synonyms: hasten |
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| (verb) process fast and efficiently | - |
| expedition | (noun) a journey organized for a particular purpose | - |
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| (noun) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country | Synonyms: hostile expedition, military expedition |
| (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
| (noun) the property of being prompt and efficient | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness |
| (noun) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose | - |
| expeditionary | (adjective) (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad | - |
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| expeditious | (adjective) marked by speed and efficiency | - |
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| expeditiously | (adverb) with efficiency; in an efficient manner | Synonyms: efficiently |
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| expeditiousness | (noun) the property of being prompt and efficient | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch, expedition |
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| expel | (verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, release |
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| (verb) cause to flee | Synonyms: rout, rout out |
| (verb) force to leave or move out | Synonyms: kick out, throw out |
| (verb) remove from a position or office | Synonyms: boot out, drum out, kick out, oust, throw out |
| expelling | (noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: discharge, emission |
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| expend | (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
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| (verb) pay out | Synonyms: drop, spend |
| expendable | (adjective) suitable to be expended | - |
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| (adjective) (used of funds) remaining after taxes | Synonyms: spendable |
| expender | (noun) someone who spends money to purchase goods or services | Synonyms: disburser, spender |
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| expending | (noun) the act of spending money for goods or services | Synonyms: expenditure |
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| expenditure | (noun) the act of spending money for goods or services | Synonyms: expending |
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| (noun) the act of consuming something | Synonyms: consumption, using up |
| (noun) money paid out; an amount spent | Synonyms: outgo, outlay, spending |
| expense | (noun) a detriment or sacrifice | - |
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| (noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursal, disbursement |
| (noun) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer | - |
| (verb) reduce the estimated value of something | Synonyms: write down, write off |
| expensive | (adjective) high in price or charging high prices | - |
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| expensively | (adverb) in an expensive manner | - |
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| expensiveness | (noun) the quality of being high-priced | - |
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| experience | (noun) the content of direct observation or participation in an event | - |
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| (noun) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities | - |
| (noun) an event as apprehended | - |
| (verb) undergo | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: know, live |
| (verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: feel |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: get, have, receive |
| (verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience | Synonyms: go through, see |
| experienced | (adjective) having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | Synonyms: experient |
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| experient | (adjective) having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | Synonyms: experienced |
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| experiential | (adjective) relating to or resulting from experience | - |
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| (adjective) derived from experience or the experience of existence | Synonyms: existential |
| experiment | (noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Synonyms: experimentation |
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| (noun) a venture at something new or different | - |
| (noun) the testing of an idea | Synonyms: experimentation |
| (verb) to conduct a test or investigation | - |
| (verb) try something new, as in order to gain experience | Synonyms: try out |
| experimental | (adjective) relating to or based on experiment | - |
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| (adjective) relying on observation or experiment | Synonyms: data-based, observational |
| (adjective) of the nature of or undergoing an experiment | - |
| experimentalism | (noun) an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation | - |
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| (noun) an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles | - |
| experimentally | (adverb) in an experimental fashion | Synonyms: by experimentation, through an experiment |
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| experimentation | (noun) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation | Synonyms: experiment |
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| (noun) the testing of an idea | Synonyms: experiment |
| experimenter | (noun) a research worker who conducts experiments | - |
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| (noun) a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas | - |
| expert | (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: adept, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood | Synonyms: technical |
| (noun) a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | - |
| expertise | (noun) skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | Synonyms: expertness |
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| expertly | (adverb) in an expert manner | Synonyms: like an expert |
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| expertness | (noun) skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | Synonyms: expertise |
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| expiable | (adjective) capable of being atoned for | - |
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| expiate | (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: aby, abye, atone |
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| expiation | (noun) the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) | Synonyms: atonement, propitiation |
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| (noun) compensation for a wrong | Synonyms: atonement, satisfaction |
| expiative | (adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation | Synonyms: expiatory, propitiatory |
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| expiatory | (adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation | Synonyms: expiative, propitiatory |
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| expiration | (noun) the act of expelling air from the lungs | Synonyms: breathing out, exhalation |
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| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, going, loss, passing, release |
| (noun) a coming to an end of a contract period | Synonyms: expiry, termination |
| expiratory | (adjective) of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration | - |
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| expire | (verb) expel air | Synonyms: breathe out, exhale |
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| (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| (verb) lose validity | Synonyms: run out |
| expired | (adjective) having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time | - |
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| expiry | (noun) the event of dying or departure from life | Synonyms: death, decease |
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| (noun) a coming to an end of a contract period | Synonyms: expiration, termination |
| explain | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explicate |
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| (verb) define | - |
| (verb) serve as a reason or cause or justification of | Synonyms: excuse |
| explainable | (adjective) capable of being understood | Synonyms: interpretable |
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| explanandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explicandum |
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| explanans | (noun) (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises | - |
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| explanation | (noun) thought that makes something comprehensible | - |
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| (noun) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | Synonyms: account |
| (noun) the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible | - |
| explanatory | (adjective) serving or intended to explain or make clear | - |
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| expletive | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, oath, swearing, swearword |
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| (noun) a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line | - |
| explicable | (adjective) capable of being explicated or accounted for | - |
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| explicandum | (noun) (logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained | Synonyms: explanandum |
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| explicate | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explain |
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| (verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | Synonyms: develop, formulate |
| explication | (noun) a detailed explanation of the meaning of something | - |
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| (noun) the act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc. | - |
| explicit | (adjective) precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | Synonyms: expressed |
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| (adjective) in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term | Synonyms: denotative |
| explicitly | (adverb) in an explicit manner | - |
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| explicitness | (noun) clarity as a consequence of being explicit | - |
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| explode | (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: burst |
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| (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off |
| (verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: irrupt |
| (verb) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise | Synonyms: break loose, burst forth |
| (verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, detonate |
| (verb) show a violent emotional reaction | - |
| (verb) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete | - |
| (verb) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval | - |
| (verb) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ | - |
| (verb) destroy by exploding | - |
| exploded | (adjective) showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another | - |
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| exploit | (noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: effort, feat |
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| (verb) use or manipulate to one's advantage | Synonyms: work |
| (verb) draw from; make good use of | Synonyms: tap |
| (verb) work excessively hard | Synonyms: overwork |
| exploitation | (noun) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful | Synonyms: development |
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| (noun) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | Synonyms: using, victimisation, victimization |
| exploitative | (adjective) tending to exploit or make use of | Synonyms: exploitatory, exploitive |
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| exploitatory | (adjective) tending to exploit or make use of | Synonyms: exploitative, exploitive |
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| exploited | (adjective) developed or used to greatest advantage | - |
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| (adjective) (of persons) taken advantage of | Synonyms: ill-used, put-upon, used, victimised, victimized |
| exploiter | (noun) a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | Synonyms: user |
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