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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | complete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finished |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, achieved, all over, all over but the shouting, all-embracing, all-inclusive, attained, compassed, concluded, consummate, done, done with, down, effected, ended, entire, executed, fini, finished off, full, full-fledged, home free, perfect, plenary, realized, sweeping, terminated, that's it, through |
| Antonyms: | imperfect, incomplete, unfinished |
| 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: | 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: | encyclopedic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive |
| Synonyms: | all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, catholic, complete, discursive, exhaustive, extensive, general, thorough, thorough-going, universal, vast, wide-ranging, widespread |
| Antonyms: | brief, incomplete, summary, uncomprehensive |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | infinite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limitless, without end |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all-embracing, bottomless, boundless, enduring, enormous, eternal, everlasting, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, incalculable, incessant, inestimable, inexhaustible, interminable, measureless, million, never-ending, no end of, no end to, numberless, perdurable, perpetual, sempiternal, stupendous, supertemporal, supreme, total, unbounded, uncounted, unending, untold, vast, wide, without limit, without number |
| Antonyms: | bounded, calculable, confined, countable, definite, ephemeral, finite, fleeting, limited, measurable |
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