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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-encompassing, all-embracing |
| Synonyms: | across-the-board, all the options, all together, all-around, ball-of-wax, blanket*, broad, catchall, comprehensive, encyclopedic, full, general, global, in toto, overall, sweeping, umbrella*, wall-to-wall, whole, without exception |
| Antonyms: | exclusive, incomprehensive, narrow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extensive |
| Synonyms: | all-embracing, all-inclusive, comprehensive, copious, encyclopedic, expansive, extended, far-flung, far-reaching, general, inclusive, nonspecific, scopic, sweeping, ubiquitous, undetailed, universal, unlimited, wide, wide-ranging, widespread |
| Antonyms: | narrow, small |
| Main Entry: | catholic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-embracing, general |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, large-scale, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, unbigoted, universal, unprejudiced, unsectarian, whole, wide, world-wide |
| Notes: | Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope |
| Antonyms: | narrow, narrow-minded, specific |
| Main Entry: | compendious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abridged |
| Synonyms: | abbreviated, breviloquent, brief, close, compact, compendiary, comprehensive, concise, condensed, contracted, curt, inclusive, laconic, short, short and sweet, succinct, summarized, summary, synoptic |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, lengthened, unabridged |
| Main Entry: | eclectic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive, general |
| Synonyms: | all-embracing, assorted, broad, catholic, dilettantish, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, inclusive, liberal, many-sided, mingled, mixed, multifarious, multiform, selective, universal, varied, wide-ranging |
| Notes: | eclectic means selecting what seems best of various styles, methods, or ideas while esoteric means intended for and understandable by only a small knowledgeable group |
| Antonyms: | incomprehensive, narrow, particular, specific, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | ecumenical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | general |
| Synonyms: | all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-pervading, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, global, inclusive, planetary, unifying, universal, worldwide |
| Main Entry: | expansive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broad, comprehensive |
| Synonyms: | all-embracing, ample, big, dilatant, elastic, expanding, expansile, extensive, far-reaching, great, inclusive, large, scopic, scopious, stretching, thorough, unrepressed, unsuppressed, voluminous, wide, wide-ranging, widespread |
| Antonyms: | limited, narrow |
| Main Entry: | extensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | far-reaching, thorough |
| Synonyms: | across the board, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, comprising, considerable, expanded, extended, far-flung, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, large-scale, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, protracted, roomy, scopic, scopious, sizable, spacious, sweeping, unexclusive, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wall to wall, wholesale, wide, wide-ranging, widespread |
| Antonyms: | limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | general |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | common, accepted |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, broad, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, extensive, familiar, generic, habitual, humdrum, inclusive, matter-of-course, natural, normal, ordinary, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, uneventful, universal, usual, wide, widespread, wonted |
| Antonyms: | abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, individual, novel, rare, unaccepted, uncommon, unique, unusual |
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