Dictionary Definition
invasive adj
1 relating to a technique in which the body is
entered by puncture or incision [ant: noninvasive]
2 marked by a tendency to spread especially into
healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells" [ant: confined]
4 gradually intrusive without right or
permission; "we moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive
tourists"; "trespassing hunters" [syn: encroaching(a),
trespassing(a)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
Translations
invading a foreign country
- Italian: di invasione
of a plant or animal
- Italian: invasivo, invadente
in medicine
- Italian: invasivo
intruding on one's privacy
- Italian: invadente, invasivo
Derived terms
Noun
- An invasive plant, animal etc.
Italian
Adjective
invasive pExtensive Definition
Invasive may refer to:
See also: intrusive
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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