Invasive

English

Adjective

Invasive (comparative more Invasive, superlative most Invasive)

1. that invades a foreign country using military force
2. (of a plant or animal) that invades a habitat to the detriment of native species
3. (medicine) (of a carcinoma etc) that invades healthy tissue; (of a procedure) in which part of the body is entered
4. intruding on one's privacy, or trespassing

Noun

Invasive (plural Invasives)

1. An invasive organism, as, a plant or animal.

Thesaurus

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

Translations

Adjective

invading a foreign country

Italian: di invasione (it)

of a plant or animal

French: envahissant (fr) Italian: invasivo (it), invadente (it)

Spanish: invasivo (es)

in medicine

Italian: invasivo (it)

intruding on one's privacy

Italian: invadente (it), invasivo (it)

Spanish: invasivo (es)

Derived terms

• invasively
• invasiveness
• noninvasive

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Italian

Adjective

invasive pl.

1. feminine form of invasivo