noun
a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Synonyms
Examples
- `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
- `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier
adjective
characterized by a high degree or intensity
Examples
- often used as a combining form
- the questioning was intensive
- intensive care
- research-intensive
- a labor-intensive industry
adjective
tending to give force or emphasis
Examples
- an intensive adverb
adjective
of agriculture
Examples
- intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
- intensive agriculture
- intensive conditions