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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective invasive has 4 senses
- invasive(a = adj.all) Array - relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision; Array Antonym: noninvasive
- invasive(a = adj.all) Array - marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" Antonym: confined
- invasive(s = adj.all) incursive, invading - involving invasion or aggressive attack; "invasive war" Derived form verb invade1
- invasive(s = adj.all) encroaching, trespassing - gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive tourists"; "trespassing hunters" Derived form verb invade2
Derived form verb invade4
CIDE DICTIONARY
invasive, a. [LL. invasivus: cf. F. invasif. See Invade.].
- Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. Hoole. [1913 Webster]
- tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors. [PJC]
THESAURUS
invasive
advancing, assailing, assaulting, attacking, charging, driving, entering, in, inbound, incoming, incursionary, incursive, inflooding, inflowing, ingoing, ingressive, inpouring, interfering, interruptive, intervenient, intrusive, invading, invasionary, inward, inward-bound, irruptive, obtrusive, thrusting
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