invasive
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
Related & opposite
- noninvasive antonym
- medicine domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
invasive cancer cells
Related & opposite
- confined antonym
- invade derivation
- fast-growinga similar to
Sense 3 adjective
involving invasion or aggressive attack
invasive war
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
gradually intrusive without right or permission
we moved back from the encroaching tide
Related & opposite
- intrude on derivation
- intrusive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | noninvasive |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | confined |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | invade |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fast-growinga |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | invade |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intrude on |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | intrusive |