| Intensive 1. (a.) Characterized by persistence; intent; intense; as intensive training; intensive care. 2. (a.) Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. 3. (a.) Serving to give force or emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition. 4. (n.) That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word. Thesaurus Entries absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, clean, clear, comprehensive, concentrated, congenital, consummate, deep, deep-dyed, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, exhaustive, hard, intense, intensified, omnibus, omnipresent, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pervasive, plain, plumb, profound, pure, radical, regular, sheer, straight, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, wholesale |