Definition for Diffusive:

• Diffusing or tending to diffuse; spreading abroad.

Synonyms for Diffusive:

• adj.

  •centrifugal (adjective)
  • diverging,
  • outward,
  • efferent,
  • spiral,
  • radial,
  • Deviating,
  • divergent,
  • eccentric.
  •circulating (adjective)
  • current,
  • fluid,
  • moving,
  • rotating,
  • circling.
  •diffuse (adjective)
  • discursive,
  • digressive,
  • long-winded,
  • vague,
  • verbose,
  • exuberant,
  • lengthy,
  • loose,
  • windy,
  • prolix,
  • redundant,
  • waffling,
  • rambling,
  • lavish,
  • copious,
  • random,
  • dull.
  •wordy (adjective)
  • diffuse.

• n.

  •diffusive (noun)
  • distributive.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • meandering,
  • profuse,
  • ambient,
  • centrifugal,
  • circulating,
  • circulatory,
  • circumlocutory,
  • long,
  • longwinded,
  • in motion,
  • palaverous.
  •n.
  • diffusing,
  • dispersive,
  • disseminating,
  • disseminative,
  • scattering,
  • spreading.

Antonyms for Diffusive:

• adj.

  • centrifugal
    centripetal.
  • circulating
    motionless, stationary, still.
  • diffuse
    abridged, compact, confined, succinct, brief, concentrated, restricted, short, clear, abbreviated, compressed, limited.
  • long
    evanescent, ephemeral, on time, fleeting.
  • Other antonyms:
    collective.

Diffusive Sentence Examples:

• This, therefore, is an ornament in which our artless Orator may indulge himself more freely; but not so openly as in the more diffusive and lofty species of Eloquence.

• Fifth, because heat by the law of its nature is diffusive, and cannot be shot from one sun or planet to another, or forced through space like a leaden ball or other substance, but is soon dissipated in the cold ether of space.

Homophones for Diffusive:

• divisive, Davis Cup.