Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun intensive

1 sense of intensive

Sense 1
intensifier, intensive -- (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")
       => modifier, qualifier -- (a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb)

Antonyms of adj intensive

2 of 3 senses of intensive

Sense 1
intensive -- (characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry")

INDIRECT (VIA intense) -> mild -- (moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism")

Sense 3
intensive (vs. extensive) -- (of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions")

extensive (vs. intensive) -- (of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type")

Similarity of adj intensive

3 senses of intensive

Sense 1
intensive -- (characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry")
       => intense (vs. mild) -- (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense")

Sense 2
intensive -- (tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb")

Sense 3
intensive (vs. extensive) -- (of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions")