EXTENSIVENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness

Example:

the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it

Synonyms:

extensiveness; largeness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("extensiveness" is a kind of...):

magnitude (relative importance)

Derivation:

extensive (broad in scope or content)

large (fairly large or important in effect; influential)