invasive
Meanings
Plural: invasives
Adjective
- relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision
- marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue
- "invasive cancer cells"
Adjective Satellite
- involving invasion or aggressive attack
- "invasive war"
- gradually intrusive without right or permission
- "invasive tourists"
Adj
- Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.
- That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.
- Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
- Originating externally.
- Of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
- Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.
- Of a carcinoma or other abnormal growth: that invades healthy tissue, especially rapidly.
Noun
- An invasive organism, such as an animal or plant.
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
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The adjective is derived from Middle English invasif (“of a weapon: offensive”), from Middle French invasif, Old French invasif (“invasive”) (modern French invasif), from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, from Latin invāsus (“entered; invaded”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives). Invāsus is the perfect passive participle of invādō (“to enter; to invade”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’) + vādō (“to go; to rush; to walk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, proceed; to pass, traverse”)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Synonyms
Antonyms
confined, non-invasive, noninvasive, uninvasive
Scrabble Score: 14
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