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Definitions

all-embracing

[awl-em-brey-sing] / ˈɔl ɛmˈbreɪ sɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

across-the-board

Synonyms

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sweeping

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all all-encompassing all-inclusive blanket broad broad in content complete comprehensive encompassing everything extensive global including all categories including all members panoptic total wide widespread

ADJECTIVE

broad

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comprehensive expansive extensive far-reaching sweeping universal wide wide-ranging

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general

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all-inclusive copious encyclopedic extended far-flung inclusive nonspecific scopic ubiquitous undetailed unlimited widespread

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exclusive narrow particular

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close-minded restricted small small-minded

ADJECTIVE

complete

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entire full perfect sweeping

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accomplished achieved attained compassed concluded consummate done down effected ended executed realized terminated

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all over all over but the shouting all-inclusive done with fini finished off full-fledged home free plenary that's it through

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incomplete part

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unfinished

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defective deficient imperfect lacking missing needy short wanting

ADJECTIVE

comprehensive

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all-inclusive broad complete encyclopedic exhaustive extensive far-reaching full global overall sweeping thorough

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absolute blanket catholic general infinite umbrella whole

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across the board compendious comprising containing discursive encircling expansive in depth lock stock and barrel of great scope synoptic the big picture the whole shebang the works wall-to-wall wide widespread

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empty incomplete limited narrow needy restricted short uncomprehensive unfinished

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circumscribed definite imperfect partial specific

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exclusive incomprehensive particular selective

ADJECTIVE

eclectic

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broad diverse varied wide-ranging

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catholic liberal universal

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assorted dilettantish diversified heterogeneous inclusive many-sided mingled mixed multifarious multiform selective

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like similar

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narrow narrow-minded

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incomprehensive particular specific unvaried

ADJECTIVE

encyclopedic

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exhaustive extensive thorough vast wide-ranging

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all-encompassing all-inclusive broad catholic complete discursive general thorough-going universal widespread

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limited narrow

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brief incomplete summary uncomprehensive

ADJECTIVE

exhaustive

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comprehensive encyclopedic extensive full-scale in-depth intensive sweeping thorough

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all-encompassing all-out catholic embracive far-reaching from A to Z full full dress full-blown no stone unturned out-and-out profound radical the word thoroughgoing total whole-hog

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exclusive incomplete incomprehensive narrow partial superficial uncomprehensive

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excluding unfinished

ADJECTIVE

expansive

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extensive far-reaching inclusive wide-ranging

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ample big dilatant elastic expanding expansile great large scopic scopious stretching thorough unrepressed unsuppressed voluminous wide widespread

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narrow

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limited quiet reserved silent

ADJECTIVE

general

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blanket broad catholic collective comprehending diffuse generic infinite overall sweeping total universal

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across-the-board all-around all-inclusive ample ecumenical encyclopedic endless extensive far-reaching global inclusive indiscriminate limitless miscellaneous panoramic taken as a whole ubiquitous unconfined unlimited wide worldwide

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confined exclusive incomplete limited narrow partial particular restricted specific

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abnormal circumscribed definite exact exceptional extraordinary individual novel rare singular unaccepted uncommon unique unusual

ADJECTIVE

infinite

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absolute bottomless boundless enormous eternal everlasting immeasurable immense incalculable inexhaustible interminable never-ending perpetual unending untold vast

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million total

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enduring illimitable incessant inestimable measureless no end of no end to numberless perdurable sempiternal stupendous supertemporal supreme unbounded uncounted wide without limit without number

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bounded brief calculable ceasing ending ephemeral finite intermittent limited little measurable minute restricted small temporary terminable tiny transient

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confined countable definite fleeting

ADJECTIVE

international

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foreign global universal

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cosmopolitan world

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ecumenical intercontinental

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local

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national

ADJECTIVE

overall

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comprehensive global long-term

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blanket sweeping total umbrella

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inclusive long-range thorough

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incomplete

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narrow specific

ADJECTIVE

pandemic

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broad catholic common comprehensive cosmopolitan empyrean general generic regular sweeping total whole

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accepted all all over all-inclusive astronomical celestial cosmic customary diffuse ecumenical extensive global multinational mundane omnipresent planetary prevalent stellar terrestrial ubiquitous undisputed unlimited unrestricted usual widespread worldly worldwide

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abnormal exclusive extraordinary incomplete individual infrequent narrow partial particular rare specific uncommon unusual

ADJECTIVE

panoramic

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scenic

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all-around all-encompassing all-inclusive bird's-eye blanket broad complete comprehensive far-reaching full panned wide-ranging

ADJECTIVE

prevailing

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current predominant prevalent rampant universal usual

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established predominating preponderating ruling set steady sweeping

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by the numbers catholic common comprehensive customary ecumenical familiar fashionable in style in vogue influential main operative ordinary popular principal regnant regular rife widespread worldwide

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limited uncommon

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unfixed

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individual minor peculiar private unimportant

ADJECTIVE

sweeping

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across-the-board all-encompassing broad comprehensive exhaustive extensive radical thorough wholesale

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blanket complete exaggerated full general overall overdrawn overstated

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all-around all-inclusive all-out bird's-eye global inclusive indiscriminate out-and-out thorough-going unqualified vast wall-to-wall whole-hog wide

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narrow partial restricted superficial

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incomplete needy specific

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exclusive

ADJECTIVE

thoroughpaced

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absolute all the way all-inclusive all-out assiduous blow-by-blow careful circumstantial clocklike complete comprehensive conscientious detailed efficient exact exhaustive from A to Z full full dress in-depth intensive itemized meticulous minute painstaking particular particularized plenty royal scrupulous slam-bang soup to nuts sweeping thoroughgoing tough whole-hog

ADJECTIVE

thorough/thoroughgoing

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absolute all the way all-inclusive all-out assiduous blow-by-blow careful circumstantial clocklike complete comprehensive conscientious detailed efficient exact from A to Z full full dress in-depth intensive itemized meticulous minute painstaking particular particularized plenty royal scrupulous slam-bang soup to nuts sweeping tough whole-hog

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deficient imperfect inadequate incomplete inexhaustive partial superficial unfinished

ADJECTIVE

universal

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broad common comprehensive extensive global prevalent ubiquitous unlimited

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catholic cosmopolitan empyrean general generic regular sweeping total whole

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accepted all all over all-inclusive astronomical celestial cosmic customary diffuse ecumenical multinational mundane omnipresent planetary stellar terrestrial undisputed unrestricted usual widespread worldly

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limited narrow rare restricted scarce uncommon

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abnormal exclusive extraordinary incomplete individual partial particular specific unusual

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confined local

Example Sentences

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Several come under the once all-embracing umbrella of the $500bn Neom mega-project.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Their numbers are hard to gauge, as there is no all-embracing definition of what constitutes one.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer best expressed the imagined reach of "the Great Fear," an all-embracing dread of a fiendish conspiracy that supposedly sought to strike at the very foundations of civilized life.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2020

The outward-looking, all-embracing America that Bernstein knew, loved and embodied seems very far away.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2018

I was dominated by the all-embracing idea of Brotherhood.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

all-embracing

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