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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhaustive |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, all-out, complete, comprehensive, concentrated, deep, demanding, fast, hard, in-depth, out-and-out, profound, radical, severe, speeded-up, thorough, thoroughgoing |
| Notes: | emotions are intense while sustained application or attention is intensive; intense arises from within and intensive comes from outside (it is imposed or assumed) |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, incomprehensive, superficial, surface |
| Main Entry: | exhaustive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-inclusive, complete |
| Synonyms: | all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, catholic, comprehensive, embracive, encyclopedic, extensive, far-reaching, from A to Z, full, full-blown, full-dress, full-scale, in-depth, intensive, no stone unturned, out-and-out, profound, radical, sweeping, the word, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, whole-hog |
| Antonyms: | excluding, incomplete, unfinished |
| Main Entry: | intense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forceful, severe; passionate |
| Synonyms: | acute, agonizing, all-consuming, ardent, biting, bitter, burning, close, concentrated, consuming, cutting, deep, diligent, eager, earnest, energetic, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, exquisite, extraordinary, extreme, fanatical, fervent, fervid, fierce, forcible, full, great, hard, harsh, heightened, impassioned, intensified, intensive, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, protracted, pungent, sharp, shrill, stinging, strained, strong, supreme, undue, vehement, violent, vivid, zealous |
| Notes: | emotions are intense while sustained application or attention is intensive; intense arises from within and intensive comes from outside (it is imposed or assumed) |
| Antonyms: | calm, dull, low-key, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | thorough/thoroughgoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhaustive |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all the way, all-embracing, 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 |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, inexhaustive, partial, superficial, unfinished |
| Main Entry: | thorough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-encompassing |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, arrant, careful, complete, comprehensive, consummate, detailed, exact, exhaustive, extreme, finished, full, ingrained, intensive, meticulous, out-and-out, painstaking, profound, thoroughly, unmitigated, utter |
| Antonyms: | cursory, partial, sciolistic, superficial |
| Main Entry: | heightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | heavy |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, complex, complicated, concentrated, confused, fierce, formidable, grave, grievous, hard, harsh, intense, intensive, intolerable, knotty, labored, laborious, onerous, oppressive, profound, recondite, rough, serious, solemn, stormy, strenuous, te |
| Main Entry: | thoroughpaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorough |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all the way, all-embracing, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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