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across the board
[uh-kraws-thuh-bawrd, -bohrd, uh-kros-] 
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across-the-board
[uh-kraws-thuh-bawrd, -bohrd, uh-kros-]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broad in scope |
| Synonyms: | all, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, broad in content, complete, comprehensive, encompassing, everything, extensive, global, including all categories, including all members, panoptic, sweeping, total, wide, widespread |
| Main Entry: | blanket |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive |
| Synonyms: | absolute, across-the-board, all-inclusive, overall, powerful, sweeping, unconditional, wide-ranging |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, uncomprehensive |
| Main Entry: | comprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inclusive |
| Synonyms: | absolute, across the board, all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, catholic, compendious, complete, comprising, containing, discursive, encircling, encyclopedic, exhaustive, expansive, extensive, far-reaching, full, general, global, in depth, infinite, lock stock and barrel, of great scope, overall, sweeping, synoptic, the big picture, the whole shebang, the works, thorough, umbrella, wall-to-wall, whole, wide, widespread |
| Antonyms: | exclusive, incomprehensive, particular, selective, specific |
| 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: | comprehensive |
| Synonyms: | across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-inclusive, ample, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, comprehending, diffuse, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, generic, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, infinite, limitless, miscellaneous, overall, panoramic, sweeping, taken as a whole, total, ubiquitous, unconfined, universal, unlimited, wide, worldwide |
| Antonyms: | circumscribed, limited |
| Main Entry: | inclusive |
| 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: | sweeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wide-ranging |
| Synonyms: | across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out, bird's-eye, blanket, broad, complete, comprehensive, exaggerated, exhaustive, extensive, full, general, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, out-and-out, overall, overdrawn, overstated, radical, thorough, thorough-going, unqualified, vast, wall-to-wall, whole-hog, wholesale, wide |
| Antonyms: | exclusive, narrow |
| Main Entry: | widespread |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extensive |
| Synonyms: | across the board, all over the place, boundless, broad, common, comprehensive, current, diffuse, epidemic, far-flung, far-reaching, general, on a large scale, outspread, overall, pandemic, pervasive, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, sweeping, universal, unlimited, unrestricted, wall-to-wall, wholesale |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, limited, local, narrow |
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