PERVASIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does pervasive mean? • PERVASIVE (adjective)
The adjective PERVASIVE has 1 sense:
1. spreading or spread throughout
Familiarity information: PERVASIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERVASIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Spreading or spread throughout
Synonyms:
permeant; permeating; permeative; pervasive
Context examples:
armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations / the pervasive odor of garlic / an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion
Similar:
distributive (serving to distribute or allot or disperse)
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