intensive

nouns

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"

intensifier, 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"

intensive

is derived from

is similar to

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"

tending to give force or emphasis

"an intensive adverb"

intensive

pertains to

of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor

"intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"

intensive

is derived from

antonym